ዋ
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Translingual
Etymology
Modified form of ወ (w).
Letter
ዋ (wa)
- A symbol of the Ge'ez abugida, transliterated as wa.
Harari
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *wa, though Littmann claims it reborrowed from Arabic وَـ (wa-),[1] which has been doubted.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wäː]
Conjunction
ዋ (wa)
- and
- Synonyms: -ማ (-ma), -መ (-mä)
- 1922, “Harari-Studien”, in Enno Littmann, editor, Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete, volume 1, page 71 Nr. 299:
- ሐርሼ፡ዋ፡ጋሬ፡ተዛወ፡፡
- ḥärše wa gare täzawä
- My garden and my house are sold.
References
- Enno Littmann, editor (1921), “Die Partikel ma im Harari”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in Tigre), volume 33, page 107
- Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari (University of California Publications: Near Eastern Studies; 1), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 157b; Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ወ-”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 602a
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