Sidamo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya banqa (thunderstorm) and Kambaata banquta (lightning).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbankʼo/
  • Hyphenation: ban‧qo

Noun edit

banqo f 

  1. thunder

Declension edit

References edit

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “banqo”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department