гъо

Adyghe

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁʷa]

Noun

гъо • (ğʷo)

  1. time
    Ар игъом къэкIуагъа? Ар игъом къэкIошъугъэп.
    Ar jiğʷom qɛkʷʼağa? Ar jiğʷom qɛkʷʼošʷuğɛp.
    Did he come on time? He could not come on time.
    Сыда о игъом укъызыкIэмыкIошъугъэр?
    Səda wo jiğʷom wuqəzəkʼɛməkʷʼošʷuğɛr?
    Why could you not come on time?
    Игъом сыкъызыкIэмыкIошъугъэр автобусхэр зекIощтыгъэхэпышъ ары.
    Jiğʷom səqəzəkʼɛməkʷʼošʷuğɛr avtobusxɛr zekʷʼośtəğɛxɛpəŝ arə.
    I could not come on time because there were no buses.
  2. (of an animal that has hair) red-haired, red-headed
    Шыгъо
    Šəğʷo
    Red horse.
    Чэмыгъо
    Čɛməğʷo
    Red cow.
    Гъом тесэу блэкIыгъ.
    Ğʷom tesɛwu blɛkʼəğ.
    He passed while on the red animal.

Declension

Declension of гъо
case singular plural
indefinite гъо (ğʷo) гъохэ (ğʷoxɛ)
nominative гъор (ğʷor) гъохэр (ğʷoxɛr)
ergative гъом (ğʷom) гъохэмэ (ğʷoxɛmɛ)
instrumental гъо(м)кӏэ (ğʷo(m)kʼɛ) гъохэ(м)кӏэ (ğʷoxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive гъоу (ğʷowu) гъохыу (ğʷoxəwu)

Synonyms