አንበሳ

Amharic
አንበሳ።

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ge'ez ዐንበሳ (ʿänbäsa), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /(ʔ)anˈbəsːa/
  • Hyphenation: አን‧በ‧ሳ

Noun

አንበሳ • (ʾanbässa) m (plural አንብስት (ʾanbəst))

  1. lion (Panthera leo)

References
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “አንበሳ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16
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