Abuna

See also: abuna, abuną, and Abunã

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese Abunã.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑˈbu.nɑ/

Proper noun

Abuna (uncountable)

1. A river in northeastern Bolivia that forms part of its border with Brazil.

Translations

river in the border between Bolivia and Brazil

• Portuguese: Abunã m
• Spanish: Abuná m

Etymology 2

From Ge'ez አቡነ (ʾäbunä, “our father”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”), from أَبُو (ʔabū), a form of أَب (ʔab, “father”), and ـنَا (-nā, “our”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbuː.nə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbu.nə/

Noun

Abuna (plural Abunas)

1. The title of the leader, or patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
   • 1982, Ḥagai Erlikh, Ethiopia and Eritrea During the Scramble for Africa: A Political Biography of Rās Alulā, 1875-1897, African Studies Center, page 180:

     Two weeks later, before Abunas Pēṭros and Mātēwos, Menilek publicly swore not to deceive Mangashā nor cause him any harm.

   • 2012, Wudu Tafete Kassu, “Religion and Cold War Politics in Ethiopia”, in Philip Emil Muehlenbeck, editor, Religion and the Cold War: A Global Perspective, Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press, →ISBN, page 143:

     Thus, four Ethiopian monks were consecrated in Cairo in June 1929 (Abunas Abreham, Petros, Mikael, Yeshaq), and the fifth (Abuna Sawiros) was consecrated in Addis Ababa in January 1930.

Translations

abuna — see abuna