አንበሳ

Amharic

Alternative forms

• አምበሳ (ʾambässa)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ዐንበሳ (ʿänbäsa), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ʔ)anˈbəsːa/
• Hyphenation: አን‧በ‧ሳ

Noun

አንበሳ • (ʾanbässa) m (plural አንብስት (ʾanbəst))

1. lion (Panthera leo)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “አንበሳ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16