ሙዝ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz) ?

1. banana

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሙዝ

	masculine
indefinite	ሙዝ (muz)
definite subject	ሙዙ (muzu)
definite object	ሙዙን (muzun)
general object	ሙዝን (muzən)

Possessive forms of ሙዝ (muz)

		singular	plural	formal
first person		ሙዜ (muze)	ሙዛችን (muzaččən)	—
second person	m	ሙዝህ (muzəh)	ሙዛችሁ (muzaččəhu)	ሙዝዎ (muzwo)
	f	ሙዝሽ (muzəš)
third person	m	ሙዙ (muzu)	ሙዛቸው (muzaččäw)
	f	ሙዟ (muzʷa)

Descendants

• → Baiso: muze
• → Kachama-Ganjule: muz, muze
• → Sidamo: muuze

Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

1. ensete

Declension

Declension of ሙዝ (muz)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		ሙዝ (muz)	ሙዘ (muzä)
	construct		ሙዘ (muzä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ሙዝየ (muzyä)
		2ms	ሙዝከ (muzkä)	ሙዘከ (muzäkä)
		2fs	ሙዝኪ (muzki)	ሙዘኪ (muzäki)
		3ms	ሙዙ (muzu)	ሙዞ (muzo)
		3fs	ሙዛ (muza)
		1p	ሙዝነ (muznä)	ሙዘነ (muzänä)
		2mp	ሙዝክሙ (muzkəmu)	ሙዘክሙ (muzäkmu)
		2fp	ሙዝክን (muzkən)	ሙዘክን (muzäkn)
		3mp	ሙዞሙ (muzomu)
		3fp	ሙዞን (muzon)
plural	absolute		ሙዛን (muzan)	ሙዛነ (muzanä)
	construct		ሙዛነ (muzanä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ሙዛንየ (muzanyä)
		2ms	ሙዛኒከ (muzanikä)
		2fs	ሙዛንኪ (muzanki); ሙዛኒኪ (muzaniki)
		3ms	ሙዛኒሁ (muzanihu)
		3fs	ሙዛኒሃ (muzaniha)
		1p	ሙዛኒነ (muzaninä)
		2mp	ሙዛኒክሙ (muzanikmu)
		2fp	ሙዛኒክን (muzanikn)
		3mp	ሙዛኒሆሙ (muzanihomu)
		3fp	ሙዛኒሆን (muzanihon)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ሙዝ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 206
• Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 377b

Harari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ (mūz)

1. banana

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1963), Etymological Dictionary of Harari (University of California Publications: Near Eastern Studies; 1), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 116b

Tigre

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

1. banana

References

• Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “ሙዝ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 137b

Tigrinya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz) ?

1. banana