አፍ

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əf/
  • (file)

Noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) ?

  1. mouth

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Argobba

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth).

Noun

አፍ (ʾäf) ?

  1. mouth

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth).

Noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) f or m (plural አፈው (ʾäfäw), and አፈዋት (ʾäfäwat))

  1. mouth
  2. orifice, entrance
  3. cutting edge of a sword

Declension

References

Harari

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth).

Noun

አፍ (ʾäf)

  1. mouth

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɐ̈f]

Noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) m (before pronominal suffix also አፉ (ʾäfu), plural አፈይት (ʾäfäyt), as well as አፈች (ʾäfäč), and obsolete አፈይ (ʾäfäy), as well as አፈጅ (ʾäfäǧ))

  1. mouth
  2. nostril
  3. cutting edge of a sword, lance and even whip
  4. end, limit, edge

References

  • Munzinger, Werner (1865) “አፍ”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, page 47
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አፍ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 388a
  • Raz, Shlomo (1983) Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, pages 10, 18, 20, 21 and 141

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɐf/

Noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) ?

  1. mouth
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