Abunaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国用法) IPA^(key): /ɑˈbu.nɑ/

固有名詞

Abuna (uncountable)

1. A river in northeastern Bolivia that forms part of its border with Brazil.^[1]

語源 2

From Ge'ez አቡነ (ʾäbunä, “our father”), from Arabic أَبُونَا‎ (ʔabūnā, “our father”), from أَبُو‎ (ʔabū), a form of أَب‎ (ʔab, “father”), and ـنَا‎ (-nā, “our”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈbuː.nə/
• (米国用法) IPA^(key): /əˈbu.nə/

名詞

Abuna (複数形 Abunas)

1. The title of the leader, or patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]^[2]
   • 1982, Ḥagai Erlikh, Ethiopia and Eritrea During the Scramble for Africa: A Political Biography of Rās Alulā, 1875-1897, African Studies Center, page 180:

     Two weeks later, before Abunas Pēṭros and Mātēwos, Menilek publicly swore not to deceive Mangashā nor cause him any harm.

   • 2012, Wudu Tafete Kassu, “Religion and Cold War Politics in Ethiopia”, in Philip Emil Muehlenbeck, editor, Religion and the Cold War: A Global Perspective, Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press, →ISBN, page 143:

     Thus, four Ethiopian monks were consecrated in Cairo in June 1929 (Abunas Abreham, Petros, Mikael, Yeshaq), and the fifth (Abuna Sawiros) was consecrated in Addis Ababa in January 1930.

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