ውሻ
Amharic
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Alternative forms
[edit]- ዉሻ (wušša)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”), reanalysed as a singular.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))
- dog
- fourth stage of drunkenness, characterised by people howling like a dog
Declension
[edit]| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ውሻ (wəšša) | |
| definite subject | ውሻው (wəššaw) | ውሻዋ (wəššawa) ውሻይቱ (wəššayətu) ውሻይቷ (wəššayətʷa) |
| definite object | ውሻውን (wəššawən) | ውሻዋን (wəššawan) ውሻይቱን (wəššayətun) ውሻይቷን (wəššayətʷan) |
| general object | ውሻን (wəššan) | |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ውሻዬ (wəššaye) | ውሻችን (wəššaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ውሻህ (wəššah) | ውሻችሁ (wəššaččəhu) | ውሻዎ (wəššawo) |
| f | ውሻሽ (wəššaš) | |||
| third person | m | ውሻው (wəššaw) | ውሻቸው (wəššaččäw) | |
| f | ውሻዋ (wəššawa) | |||
References
[edit]- Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English[1], London: The Church Missionary Society, page 148
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ውሻ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN