Amharic

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Etymology

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From ማን (man, who?) +‎ -ኛ (-ñña) with the masculine article -ው (-w).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmanːɨɲːaw/
  • Hyphenation: ማ‧ን‧ኛው

Determiner

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ማንኛው (mannəññaw)

  1. which? (masculine)

Pronoun

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ማንኛው (mannəññaw)

  1. which one? (masculine)

Synonyms

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References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ማን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 23