meʼe

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeʔe/
• Hyphenation: meʼe

Etymology 1

Meʼe (1).

Noun

meʼe m (singulative meʼichcho m or f)

1. (collective) goats

Declension

Declension of meʼe (masculine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	meʼe
nominative	meʼu	meʼi
genitive	meʼu*)	meʼi*)
dative	meʼeho	meʼira
accusative	meʼe*)
ablative	meʼunni	meʼinni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji mi'a, Hadiyya mee'o and Oromo meeqa.

Determiner

meʼe

1. how many?

Declension

Declension of meʼe

	masculine	feminine
predicative	meʼe	meʼe
nominative	meʼu	meʼe
genitive	meʼu*)	meʼe*) meʼete
accusative	meʼe*)	meʼe*)
*) Stressed on the final vowel. **) When part of a predicative phrase, the predicative case adjectives are followed by the clitics -ho (m) and -te (f)

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 29
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “me"e”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department