# \*mny: 'to have intercourse; to love, desire'

> Proto-Semitic *mny, 'to have intercourse; to love, desire': reflexes in 17 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mny |
| Meaning | 'to have intercourse; to love, desire' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2280 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic tmny (Al-Jallad 2026, 93) | Al-Jallad 2026 93 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | tämäññä |  |  |
| Akkadian | menû (manû) \[CAD m₂ 19\] | CAD m₂ 19 |  |
| Arabic | mny; minä, minaⁿ; maniyy- \[BK 2 1159\] | BK 2 1159 |  |
| Geez | tamannaya; tamnet \[LGz. 352\] | LGz. 352 |  |
| Tigre | təmänna \[LH 129\] | LH 129 |  |
| Tigrinya | tämännäyä \[Bass. 353\] | Bass. 353 |  |
| Argobba | (əm)meñña \[LArg. 212\] | LArg. 212 |  |
| Harari | (tä)männi \[LHar. 108\] | LHar. 108 |  |
| Gurage | Enn. Gye. (tä)mēñä; Gog. tämeññä; End. tämēññä; Eža Muh. tämänna; Cha. tämēna; Msq. tämenna; Sod. täminna \[LGur. 414\] | LGur. 414 |  |
| Mehri | mátni; mətōni \[JM 268\] | JM 268 |  |
| Harsusi | emtōni \[JH 89\] | JH 89 |  |
| Jibbali | mútni \[JJ 172\] | JJ 172 |  |
| Soqotri | Qalan.-V. méni \[SSL 4 89\]; moténe \[LS 246\] | SSL 4 89; LS 246 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | SEL tämēñe, WOL tämeññe, ZWY tämäñī (SED I 302) | SED I 302 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | (tä)miňňä (LGz. 352) | LGz. 352 |  |
| Amorite | m-n-w/y: ma-na-wa; ma-na-um (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 45) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 45 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>)

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