Amharic edit

 
ዝምብ።

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ḏVb(V)b-. Cognates include Ge'ez ዝንብ (zənb) and Arabic ذُبَاب (ḏubāb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɨmb/
  • Hyphenation: ዝምብ

Noun edit

ዝምብ (zəmbm or f by sense

  1. fly

References edit

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ዝምብ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16