mismaare

Sidamo

Mismaare.

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ምስማር (məsmar), from Arabic مِسْمَار (mismār), from Aramaic מַסְמָר (masmār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /misˈmaːre/

Noun

mismaare ? 

1. nail (metal fastener)

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 35