Amharic

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Etymology

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From ማን (man, who?) +‎ -ኛ (-ñña), with the first plural possessed suffix, -ችን (-ččən).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /manːɨˈɲːat͡ʃːɨn/
  • Hyphenation: ማ‧ን‧ኛ‧ችን

Pronoun

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ማንኛችን (mannəññaččən)

  1. which one of us?

References

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  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 23