Amharic edit

Etymology edit

From ወንድ (wänd, male).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈwəndɨmː/
  • Hyphenation: ወን‧ድም

Noun edit

ወንድም (wändəmmm (endearing ወንድምዬ (wändəmməyye))

  1. brother
  2. (male) cousin
  3. (male) second cousin

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

  • (brother): እኅት (ʾəḫət, sister)

References edit

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወንድም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3