"ምን" meaning in Amharic

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Pronoun

IPA: /ˈmɨn/ Forms: mən [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *mīn-. Cognates include Ge'ez ምንት (mənt) and Akkadian mīnum. Etymology templates: {{inh|am|sem-pro|*mīn-}} Proto-Semitic *mīn-, {{cog|gez|ምንት}} Ge'ez ምንት (mənt), {{cog|akk|mīnum}} Akkadian mīnum Head templates: {{head|am|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} ምን • (mən)
  1. what? Synonyms: ምንድን (məndən) Related terms: ማን (english: man), ማንን (mannən), ማነንማን (mannän) (english: man), ማን፡ማን (english: man man), እነማንማን (ʾənnäman) (english: man), ምን፡ምንምንና፡ምንምኖች (mənočč)

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "sem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ምንት"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ምንት (mənt)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "mīnum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian mīnum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ምን"
  ],
  "lang": "Amharic",
  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "pron",
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        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What will you do?",
          "roman": "mən tarägiwaläš?",
          "text": "ምን፡ታረጊዋለሽ?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ምን-am-pron-LMmlmuFO",
      "links": [
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          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "man",
          "word": "ማን"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mannən",
          "word": "ማንን"
        },
        {
          "english": "man",
          "roman": "mannän",
          "word": "ማነንማን"
        },
        {
          "english": "man man",
          "word": "ማን፡ማን"
        },
        {
          "english": "man",
          "roman": "ʾənnäman",
          "word": "እነማንማን"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mənočč",
          "word": "ምን፡ምንምንና፡ምንምኖች"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "məndən",
          "word": "ምንድን"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɨn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ምንት"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "mīnum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian mīnum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "romanization"
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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    "ምን"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "english": "man",
      "word": "ማን"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mannən",
      "word": "ማንን"
    },
    {
      "english": "man",
      "roman": "mannän",
      "word": "ማነንማን"
    },
    {
      "english": "man man",
      "word": "ማን፡ማን"
    },
    {
      "english": "man",
      "roman": "ʾənnäman",
      "word": "እነማንማን"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mənočč",
      "word": "ምን፡ምንምንና፡ምንምኖች"
    }
  ],
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        "Amharic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
        "Amharic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Amharic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What will you do?",
          "roman": "mən tarägiwaläš?",
          "text": "ምን፡ታረጊዋለሽ?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "what?"
      ],
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          "what",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɨn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "məndən",
      "word": "ምንድን"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
}

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