ܨܘܢܡܝ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from English tsunami, ultimately from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), a compound of 津 (tsu, “cove, inlet, outlet”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [sˤu.nɑːmiː]
Noun
ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼ • (ṣūnāmī) m sg (plural ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܹ̈ܐ (ṣūnāmīyē))
- tsunami, tidal wave (large and destructive ocean wave)
- ܣܗܝܼܕ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼ، ܠܲܦܵܐ ܝܲܡܡܵܝܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ ܪܵܡܵܐ ܕܢܵܩܹܦ ܪܵܘܕܵܢܵܐ
- shīd lhōn ṣūnāmī, lappā yammāyā ṭāḇ rāmā d-nāqēp rāwdānā
- They witnessed a tsunami, the highest marine wave that follows an earthquake.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼ (ṣūnāmī) | 1st person | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܝܼ (ṣūnāmīyī) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܲܢ (ṣūnāmīyan) | |||
| construct | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼ (ṣūnāmī) | 2nd person | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (ṣūnāmīyōḵ) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (ṣūnāmīyāḵ) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣūnāmīyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼ (ṣūnāmī) | 3rd person | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܹܗ (ṣūnāmīyēh) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܵܗ̇ (ṣūnāmīyāh) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܗܘܿܢ (ṣūnāmīhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܝܼ̈ܢ (ṣūnāmīyīn) | 1st person | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܝܼ̈ (ṣūnāmīyī) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܲܢ̈ (ṣūnāmīyan) | |||
| construct | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܲܝ̈ (ṣūnāmīyay) | 2nd person | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ṣūnāmīyōḵ) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ṣūnāmīyāḵ) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣūnāmīyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܹ̈ܐ (ṣūnāmīyē) | 3rd person | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ṣūnāmīyūh) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ṣūnāmīyōh) | ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ṣūnāmīyayhōn) | |||
See also
- ܠܲܦܵܐ ܥܕܵܝܵܐ (lappā ˁdāyā, “tidal wave”)