መይ

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English May, from Latin Maius

Noun

መይ • (mäy) ?

  1. May

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

Silt'e

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *māy-. Cognate to Zay [script needed] (maj).

Noun

መይ (mäy)

  1. water

References

  • Hussein Mohammed Musa (2014), Amharic-Silt′e / Silt′e-Amharic Dictionary‎[1] (overall work in Amharic and Silt'e), Addis Ababa: SIL Ethiopia, →ISBN, page 201
  • Leslau, Wolf (1979), “mäy”, in Etymological Dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic)‎[2], volume I (Individual Dictionaries), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1004
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