ስምንት

Amharic

Amharic numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7
8
9  → 
    Cardinal: ስምንት (səmmənt)
    Ordinal: ስምንተኛ (səmməntäñña)
    Adverbial: ስምንቴ (səmmənte)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-. Cognates include Arabic ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya) and Ge'ez ሰማንቱ (sämantu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨmːɨnt/
  • Hyphenation: ስ‧ምንት

Numeral

ስምንት • (səmmənt)

  1. eight

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ስምንት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 473
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50