ቢራቢሮ
Amharic
Etymology
Probably of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /birˈrabirːo/
- Hyphenation: ቢራ‧ቢሮ
Noun
ቢራቢሮ • (birrabirro) m or f by sense
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ቢራቢሮ (birrabirro) | |
| definite subject | ቢራቢሮው (birrabirrow) | ቢራቢሮዋ (birrabirrowa) ቢራቢሮይቱ (birrabirroyətu) ቢራቢሮይቷ (birrabirroyətʷa) |
| definite object | ቢራቢሮውን (birrabirrowən) | ቢራቢሮዋን (birrabirrowan) ቢራቢሮይቱን (birrabirroyətun) ቢራቢሮይቷን (birrabirroyətʷan) |
| general object | ቢራቢሮን (birrabirron) | |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ቢራቢሮዬ (birrabirroye) | ቢራቢሮዋችን (birrabirrowaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ቢራቢሮህ (birrabirroh) | ቢራቢሮዋችሁ (birrabirrowaččəhu) | ቢራቢሮዎ (birrabirrowo) |
| f | ቢራቢሮሽ (birrabirroš) | |||
| third person | m | ቢራቢሮው (birrabirrow) | ቢራቢሮዋቸው (birrabirrowaččäw) | |
| f | ቢራቢሮዋ (birrabirrowa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ቢራቢሮ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN