መኪና

Amharic

መኪና። (1) sense 1

መኪና። (1) sense 3

መኪና። (1) sense 4

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian macchina, from Latin machina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməkina/
• Hyphenation: መ‧ኪ‧ና

Noun

መኪና • (mäkina) m (plural መኪናዎች (makinawočč))

2. automobile, car
3. machine
5. lorry, truck
7. typewriter

Declension

Definiteness forms of መኪና

	masculine
indefinite	መኪና (mäkina)
definite subject	መኪናው (mäkinaw)
definite object	መኪናውን (mäkinawən)
general object	መኪናን (mäkinan)

Possessive forms of መኪና (mäkina)

		singular	plural	formal
first person		መኪናዬ (mäkinaye)	መኪናችን (mäkinaččən)	—
second person	m	መኪናህ (mäkinah)	መኪናችሁ (mäkinaččəhu)	መኪናዎ (mäkinawo)
	f	መኪናሽ (mäkinaš)
third person	m	መኪናው (mäkinaw)	መኪናቸው (mäkinaččäw)
	f	መኪናዋ (mäkinawa)

Derived terms

• የመኪና (yämäkina)

Descendants

• → Awngi: ሜኪነ (mekina, “car”)

References

• “መኪና”, in Amharic Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in English), Amharic Teacher
• Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “መኪና”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18