ሰኞ

Amharic

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Etymology

A derivation of Proto-Semitic *ṯin- (“two”). Cognates include Ge'ez ሳንይ (sanəy, “the day after”), Tigrinya ሰኑይ (sänuy) and Tigre ሳኖ (sano).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsəɲːo/
  • Hyphenation: ሰ‧ኞ

Noun

ሰኞ • (säñño) m

  1. Monday

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰኞ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16
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