ሓው
haw
The Tigrinya word for brother is ሓው (haw).
ሓው is a noun used to refer to a male sibling.
Meaning: male sibling (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
haw
Did you know?
- The sound of the first letter in ሓው is a voiceless pharyngeal fricative, a sound produced deep in the throat that does not exist in English.
- The word ሓው shares a common root with the Arabic word 'akh' and the Hebrew word 'ach', reflecting their shared descent from a single ancestral language.
- While ሓው refers to a brother, the Tigrinya language distinguishes between siblings based on whether they share both parents or only one, using specific modifiers that do not exist in English.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ሓው, CC BY-SA 4.0.
