ሾክ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- (prothetic) እሾክ (ʾəšok)
Etymology
From Proto-West Semitic *šawk-. Cognates include Arabic شَوْكَة (šawka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃok/
- Hyphenation: ሾክ
Noun
ሾክ • (šok) m
- thorn
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ሾክ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8