ዝምብ
Amharic
ዝምብ።
Alternative forms
- ዝንብ (zənb)
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḏVb(V)b-. Cognates include Ge'ez ዝንብ (zənb) and Arabic ذُبَاب (ḏubāb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɨmb/
- Hyphenation: ዝምብ
Noun
ዝምብ • (zəmb) m or f
- fly
Usage notes
- The gender of ዝምብ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either male fly (masculine) or female fly (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ዝምብ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16