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U+12CB, ዋ
ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE WAA

[U+12CA]
Ethiopic
[U+12CC]

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Modified form of (w).

Letter[edit]

(wa)

  1. A symbol of the Ge'ez abugida, transliterated as wa.

Harari[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *wa, though Littmann claims it reborrowed from Arabic وَـ (wa-),[1] which has been doubted.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

(wa)

  1. and
    Synonyms: -ማ (-ma), -መ (-mä)
    • 1922, “Harari-Studien”, in Enno Littmann, editor, Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete[2], volume 1, page 71 Nr. 299:
      ሐርሼ፡ዋ፡ጋሬ፡ተዛወ፡፡
      ḥärše wa gare täzawä
      My garden and my house are sold.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Enno Littmann, editor (1921), “Die Partikel ma im Harari”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete[1] (in Tigre), volume 33, page 107
  2. ^ Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari (University of California Publications: Near Eastern Studies; 1), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 157b; Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ወ-”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 602a