ወ-

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *wa. Cognate with Arabic و (wa), Hebrew ו־, Aramaic ו־.

Conjunction

ወ- • (wä-)

1. and
2. and then, thereupon

   ዓዲ፡ሰቡዕ፡መዋዕል፡ወኣመጽእ.

   ʿadi säbuʿ mäwaʿl wäʾamäṣʾ.

   Genesis:7:4

3. also, and also
4. thus, and so
5. but, yet, however

   ኢትኩን፡ነፋቄ፡ወእመን

   ʾitkun näfaḳe wäʾəmän

   John:3:8

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ወ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel