"ምን" meaning in All languages combined

See ምን on Wiktionary

Pronoun [Amharic]

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), ማንንማነንማን (mannän) (english: man), ማን፡ማንእነማንማን (ʾənnäman) (english: man man; man), ማንን (mannən), ማነንማን (mannän) (english: man), ምን፡ምንምንና፡ምንምኖች (mənočč)
    Sense id: en-ምን-am-pron-LMmlmuFO Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic interrogative pronouns, Amharic pronouns, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 89 4 6 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 3 5 0 0

Conjunction [Tigre]

Forms: mən [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *min. Etymology templates: {{inh|tig|sem-pro|*min}} Proto-Semitic *min Head templates: {{head|tig|conjunction}} ምን • (mən)
  1. when, marks a temporal clause
    Sense id: en-ምን-tig-conj-HwkjZK-a
  2. if, marks the protasis of a conditional sentence
    Sense id: en-ምን-tig-conj-sUmWwFg9 Categories (other): Tigre entries with incorrect language header, Tigre prepositions Disambiguation of Tigre entries with incorrect language header: 19 67 14 0 Disambiguation of Tigre prepositions: 21 49 15 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ምንማ (mənma) (english: although)

Preposition [Tigre]

Forms: mən [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *min. Etymology templates: {{inh|tig|sem-pro|*min}} Proto-Semitic *min Head templates: {{head|tig|preposition}} ምን • (mən)
  1. from, of, off, out of or away from
    Sense id: en-ምን-tig-prep-0Mp06Bl5
  2. than
    Sense id: en-ምን-tig-prep-c4NxHBsF

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*mīn-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *mīn-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ምንት"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ምንት (mənt)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "mīnum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian mīnum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *mīn-. Cognates include Ge'ez ምንት (mənt) and Akkadian mīnum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mən",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ምን"
  ],
  "lang": "Amharic",
  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 4 6 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 3 5 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What will you do?",
          "roman": "mən tarägiwaläš?",
          "text": "ምን፡ታረጊዋለሽ?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ምን-am-pron-LMmlmuFO",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "man",
          "word": "ማን"
        },
        {
          "english": "man",
          "roman": "mannän",
          "word": "ማንንማነንማን"
        },
        {
          "english": "man man; man",
          "roman": "ʾənnäman",
          "word": "ማን፡ማንእነማንማን"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mannən",
          "word": "ማንን"
        },
        {
          "english": "man",
          "roman": "mannän",
          "word": "ማነንማን"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mənočč",
          "word": "ምን፡ምንምንና፡ምንምኖች"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "məndən",
          "word": "ምንድን"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɨn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*min"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *min",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *min.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mən",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tigre",
  "lang_code": "tig",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "from, of, off, out of or away from"
      ],
      "id": "en-ምን-tig-prep-0Mp06Bl5",
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off"
        ],
        [
          "out of",
          "out of"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 167 Nr. 237 line 19",
          "text": "ትምባክ፡ፈቴ፡አቡካ፡ምን፡ሐሊብማ፡ወእክል።\ntəmbak-fätte-ʾäbuka-mən-ḥälibma-wä-ʾəkəl.\nTobacco thy father loves more than milk and than cereal.\ntranslated into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 353",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "than"
      ],
      "id": "en-ምን-tig-prep-c4NxHBsF",
      "links": [
        [
          "than",
          "than"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "although",
      "roman": "mənma",
      "word": "ምንማ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*min"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *min",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *min.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mən",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tigre",
  "lang_code": "tig",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "when, marks a temporal clause"
      ],
      "id": "en-ምን-tig-conj-HwkjZK-a",
      "links": [
        [
          "when",
          "when"
        ],
        [
          "temporal clause",
          "temporal clause#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 67 14 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tigre entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 49 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tigre prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if, marks the protasis of a conditional sentence"
      ],
      "id": "en-ምን-tig-conj-sUmWwFg9",
      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "protasis",
          "protasis#English"
        ],
        [
          "conditional sentence",
          "conditional sentence#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*mīn-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *mīn-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ምንት"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ምንት (mənt)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "mīnum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian mīnum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *mīn-. Cognates include Ge'ez ምንት (mənt) and Akkadian mīnum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mən",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ምን"
  ],
  "lang": "Amharic",
  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "man",
      "word": "ማን"
    },
    {
      "english": "man",
      "roman": "mannän",
      "word": "ማንንማነንማን"
    },
    {
      "english": "man man; man",
      "roman": "ʾənnäman",
      "word": "ማን፡ማንእነማንማን"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mannən",
      "word": "ማንን"
    },
    {
      "english": "man",
      "roman": "mannän",
      "word": "ማነንማን"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mənočč",
      "word": "ምን፡ምንምንና፡ምንምኖች"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Amharic interrogative pronouns",
        "Amharic lemmas",
        "Amharic pronouns",
        "Amharic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
        "Amharic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
        "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Amharic terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What will you do?",
          "roman": "mən tarägiwaläš?",
          "text": "ምን፡ታረጊዋለሽ?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɨn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "məndən",
      "word": "ምንድን"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tigre conjunctions",
    "Tigre entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tigre lemmas",
    "Tigre prepositions",
    "Tigre terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Tigre terms inherited from Proto-Semitic"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*min"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *min",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *min.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mən",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tigre",
  "lang_code": "tig",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "from, of, off, out of or away from"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off"
        ],
        [
          "out of",
          "out of"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tigre terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 167 Nr. 237 line 19",
          "text": "ትምባክ፡ፈቴ፡አቡካ፡ምን፡ሐሊብማ፡ወእክል።\ntəmbak-fätte-ʾäbuka-mən-ḥälibma-wä-ʾəkəl.\nTobacco thy father loves more than milk and than cereal.\ntranslated into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 353",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "than"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "than",
          "than"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tigre conjunctions",
    "Tigre entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tigre lemmas",
    "Tigre prepositions",
    "Tigre terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Tigre terms inherited from Proto-Semitic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "although",
      "roman": "mənma",
      "word": "ምንማ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*min"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *min",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *min.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mən",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "ምን • (mən)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tigre",
  "lang_code": "tig",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "when, marks a temporal clause"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "when",
          "when"
        ],
        [
          "temporal clause",
          "temporal clause#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "if, marks the protasis of a conditional sentence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "protasis",
          "protasis#English"
        ],
        [
          "conditional sentence",
          "conditional sentence#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ምን"
}

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