Amharic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Semitic *šawk-. Cognates include Arabic شَوْكَة (šawka).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃok/
  • Hyphenation: ሾክ

Noun edit

ሾክ (šokm

  1. thorn

References edit

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሾክ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8