Amharic

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Amharic numbers (edit)
 ←  10  ←  90
100
1,000  →  10,000  → 
10
    Cardinal: መቶ (mäto)
    Ordinal: መቶኛ (mätoñña)

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *miʾat-. Cognates include Arabic مِئَة (miʔa) and Hebrew מֵאָה.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈməto/
  • Hyphenation: መ‧ቶ

Numeral

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መቶ (mäto)

  1. hundred

References

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  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51