English
masenqo
Masenqo comes from Amharic ማሲንቆ.
- Amharicmodernማሲንቆmasinḳo
- Englishearliest quotation 2017masenqo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Amharicmodernማሲንቆmasinḳo
- Englishearliest quotation 2017masenqo
Earliest quotation: 2017, Siegbert Uhlig, David Appleyard: “The masenqo also accompanies, though played outside the church,…”
Every English word from Amharic ማሲንቆ
Today it means
noun A single-stringed bowed lute commonly used by Ethiopian azmaris.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Amharic ማሲንቆ / masenqo