Afar

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Etymology

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With Blin ኣመን (amän) borrowed from a term in Arabic from the root ء م ن (ʔ-m-n) or in Tigrinya from the root አ-መ-ነ (ʾä-mä-nä).

Doublet of amáan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːman/ [ˈʔaːmʌn]
  • Hyphenation: aa‧man

Noun

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áaman m 

  1. faithfulness
  2. trustworthiness

Declension

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Declension of áaman
absolutive áaman
predicative áamana
subjective áaman
genitive áaman
Postpositioned forms
l-case áamanal
k-case áamanak
t-case áamanat
h-case áamanah

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “àaman”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Southern Ohlone

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Noun

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aaman

  1. believe