Amharic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Semitic *šawk-. Cognates include Arabic شَوْكَة (šawka).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈʃok/
- Hyphenation: ሾክ
ሾክ • (šok) m
- thorn
References[edit]
- 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