ጥንፍ
Ge'ez
Etymology
Cognate to Arabic طُنُف (ṭunuf).
Noun
ጥንፍ • (ṭənf) m (plural ጥነፍ (ṭənäf), and አጥናፍ (ʾäṭnaf))
- prominence, superstructure
- cornice, crossbeam of a building, joint between pillars etc.
Derived terms
- ጠነፈ (ṭänäfä, “to transfix with a needle in order to embroider”)
- አጥነፈ (ʾäṭnäfä, “to deck out with cornices”)
- ጥነፍ (ṭənäf, “circumference”)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ጥንፍ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1236
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ጥንፍ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 593b