ፊት

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-. Cognates include Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa) and Hebrew פֵּאָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfit/
• Hyphenation: ፊት

Noun

ፊት • (fit) m

1. face
2. front

Descendants

• → Tigrinya: ፊት (fit)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ፊት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3