ɪɾ ɪz fɔːɹ ðiːz ɹˈiːzənz ðæt ʃˈoʊnz ˈɔfən ɹᵻfˈɜː tə mˈɛnts æz "jiː æmˈɑːɹɹə mˈɛnttʃ,"ðə sˈoːɹs ʌvðɪ æmhˈɑːɹɹə, wɪð "mˈɛnz" hˌævɪŋ hɪstˈɔːɹɪkli bˌɪn jˈuːzd baɪ sˈʌðɚn pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃənz æz ɐ kˈætʃˈɔːl tˈɜːm fɔːɹ ˈɔːl "ɐbɪsˈɪniən" sˈɛtlɚz dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi ˌiːθɪˈoʊpiən ɪmpˈɪɹiəl ɛkspˈænʃənz.
It is for these reasons that Shoans often refer to Menz as "ye Amara mentch',"the source of the Amhara, with "Menze" having historically been used by southern populations as a catch-all term for all "Abyssinian" settlers during the late 19th century Ethiopian imperial expansions.