ጥንፍ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic طُنُف (ṭunuf).

Noun

ጥንፍ • (ṭənf) m (plural ጥነፍ (ṭənäf), and አጥናፍ (ʾäṭnaf))

1. prominence, superstructure
2. cornice, crossbeam of a building, joint between pillars etc.

Derived terms

• ጠነፈ (ṭänäfä, “to transfix with a needle in order to embroider”)
• አጥነፈ (ʾäṭnäfä, “to deck out with cornices”)
• ጥነፍ (ṭənäf, “circumference”)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ጥንፍ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1236
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ጥንፍ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 593b