ቍንፍዝ

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

• ቅንፍዝ (ḳənfəz), ቅንፉዝ (ḳənfuz)

Etymology

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).

Noun

ቍንፍዝ • (ḳʷənfəz)

1. hedgehog
2. porcupine

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ቍንፍዝ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 450
• Dillmann, August (1866) Chrestomathia Aethiopica edita et glossario explanata‎^[1] (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, page 207a
• Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali))‎^[2], Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 60
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 434b