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ሚይ

ሚይ

Harari

noun

ሚይ (transliteration needed)

  1. water

References

  • Abdurahman Garad, ‎Ewald Wagner, Harari-Studien: Texte mit Übersetzung, grammatischen Skizzen und Glossar (1998), page 507: "miy (LD, 'water')"
  • Wolf Leslau, Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic (1990, ISBN 3447030003), page 134: "note that 'rose-water' is in Harari mdwardi miy, that is mdwardi 'rose', lit. 'rose-water' to which Harari miy 'water' is added"