እም

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Argobba[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun[edit]

እም (ʾəmf

  1. mother

Ge'ez[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun[edit]

እም (ʾəmmf (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))

  1. mother

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • እመ (ʾəmmä)more often

Conjunction[edit]

እም (ʾəm)

  1. if, introduces the protasis of a conditional sentence

References[edit]

Tigre[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun[edit]

እም (ʾəmf (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))

  1. mother

References[edit]

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “እም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 353a