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Etymology
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From Proto-Semitic [Term?], a derivation of Proto-Semitic *ṯin- (“two”). Cognates include Ge'ez ሳንይ (sanəy, “the day after”), Tigrinya ሰኑይ (sänuy) and Tigre ሳኖ (sano).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈsəɲːo/
- Hyphenation: ሰ‧ኞ
ሰኞ • (säñño) m
- Monday
References
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- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰኞ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16