ላም
Amharic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognates include Tigrinya ላም (lam). Compare also Afar láa (“cattle”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlam/
- Hyphenation: ላም
Noun
ላም • (lam) f
- cow (female bovine)
Declension
| feminine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ላም (lam) |
| definite subject | ላሟ (lamʷa) ላሚቱ (lamitu) ላሚቷ (lamitʷa) |
| definite object | ላሟን (lamʷan) ላሚቱን (lamitun) ላሚቷን (lamitʷan) |
| general object | ላምን (lamən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ላሜ (lame) | ላማችን (lamaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ላምህ (laməh) | ላማችሁ (lamaččəhu) | ላምዎ (lamwo) |
| f | ላምሽ (laməš) | |||
| third person | m | ላሙ (lamu) | ላማቸው (lamaččäw) | |
| f | ላሟ (lamʷa) | |||
Coordinate terms
- (female bovine): በሬ (bäre, “bull, ox”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ላም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35
Tigrinya
Noun
ላም • (lam)