Abun
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Abun
- A language, sometimes considered an isolate and sometimes considered West Papuan, spoken in Papua and divided into the dialects Abun Tat (Karon Pantai), Abun Ji (Madik), and Abun Je.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
language
Further reading[edit]
- ISO 639-3 code kgr (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Abun, kgr
Etymology 2[edit]
From Amharic or Tigrinya አቡነ (ʾäbunä), or from a similar Classical Syriac word.
Noun[edit]
Abun
- Father, the title of a bishop in an Ethiopian or Coptic church.
Synonyms[edit]
- Abuna (the status constructus form used when a name follows, sometimes erroneously used even when it does not precede a name)
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms borrowed from Amharic
- English terms derived from Amharic
- English terms borrowed from Tigrinya
- English terms derived from Tigrinya
- English terms borrowed from Classical Syriac
- English terms derived from Classical Syriac
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
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