ሙዝ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz) ?

1. banana

Descendants

• → Baiso: muze
• → Kachama-Ganjule: muz, muze
• → Sidamo: muuze

Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

1. ensete

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሙዝ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 206
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 377b

Harari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ (mūz)

1. banana

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari (University of California Publications: Near Eastern Studies; 1), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 116b

Tigre

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

1. banana

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሙዝ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 137b

Tigrinya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

1. banana