ማይ

Dahalik

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water”).

Noun

ማይ (may)

1. water

References

• Morin, Didier (2011) “Tigre”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1151

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water”).

Noun

ማይ • (may) (plural ማያት)

1. water

References

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196, →ISBN
• Dillmann, August (1865) “ማይ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water”).

Noun

ማይ • (may)

1. water

References

• Morin, Didier (2011) “Tigre”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1151

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water”).

Noun

ማይ • (may)

1. water

References

• Efrem Zecarias, Tigrigna - English / English - Tigrigna Dictionary, page 27