ምን

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Amharic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *mīn-. Cognates include Ge'ez ምንት (mənt) and Akkadian mīnum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɨn/
  • Hyphenation: ምን

Pronoun

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ምን (mən)

  1. what?
    ምን፡ታረጊዋለሽ?mən tarägiwaläš?What will you do?

Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ምን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 23

Tigre

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *min.

Preposition

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ምን (mən)

  1. from, of, off, out of or away from
  2. than
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text.[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 167 Nr. 237 line 19:
      ትምባክ፡ፈቴ፡አቡካ፡ምን፡ሐሊብማ፡ወእክል።
      təmbak-fätte-ʾäbuka-mən-ḥälibma-wä-ʾəkəl.
      Tobacco thy father loves more than milk and than cereal.
      translated into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar.[2] (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 353

Conjunction

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ምን (mən)

  1. when, marks a temporal clause
  2. if, marks the protasis of a conditional sentence

Usage notes

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Used before the verb rather than the beginning of the clause.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ምን”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[3], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, pages 126–127