ሜዘነ
Argobba edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *mazan-. See Arabic و ز ن (w-z-n).
Verb edit
ሜዘነ (mezzäna)
- to weigh
References edit
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 379a
Harari edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *mazan-. See Arabic و ز ن (w-z-n).
Verb edit
ሜዘነ (mēzäna)
- to weigh
References edit
- 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
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 379a
Tigre edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *mazan-. See Arabic و ز ن (w-z-n).
Verb edit
ሜዘነ • (mezänä)
- to weigh, to determine the mass of
- Synonym: መዘነ (mäzzänä)
- (figurative) to weigh, to ponder, to considerate
References edit
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሜዘነ”, 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 139a