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Amharic and Ethiopic onomastics : a classic Ethiopian legacy, concept and ingenuity

Title
Amharic and Ethiopic onomastics : a classic Ethiopian legacy, concept and ingenuity / Elias Yemane.
Author
Yemane, Elias.
Publication
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2004.

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Book/TextUse in library CS3080.A4 Y46 2004Off-site

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Description
xiii, 300 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in onomastics ; v. 7
Uniform Title
Studies in onomastics ; v. 7.
Subject
  • Names, Personal > Amharic
  • Names, Personal > Ethiopia
  • Amharic language > Etymology > Names
  • Onomastics > Ethiopia
  • 18.70 Semitic languages and/or literature
  • 17.57 onomastics and toponymy
  • Names, Personal
  • Onomastics
  • Proper names
  • Amharic
  • Ethiopia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface / Molefi Kete Asante -- Ch. 1. The religious history of Ethiopia -- Ch. 2. The influences of Ethiopic and Amharic names -- Ch. 3. Philosophy of Ethiopic and Amharic names -- Ch. 4. The significance of a name -- Ch. 5. Amharic verbal sentence names -- Ch. 6. Amharic nominal sentence names -- Ch. 7. Various names -- Ch. 8. Ethiopic two-element names.
ISBN
  • 0773463089
  • 9780773463080
  • 077347725X
  • 9780773477254
LCCN
2004050495
OCLC
  • ocm55587303
  • 55587303
  • SCSB-9672469
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library