Amharic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-. Cognates include Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa) and Hebrew פֵּאָה.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfit/
  • Hyphenation: ፊት

Noun edit

ፊት (fitm

  1. face
  2. front

Descendants edit

  • Tigrinya: ፊት (fit)

References edit

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