ብጫ

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Ge'ez ቤጸ (beṣä, “yellow”). Cognacy to Arabic أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ, “white”) has also been proposed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɨt͡ʃʼa/
  • Hyphenation: ብ‧ጫ

Adjective

ብጫ • (bəč̣a)

  1. yellow

Declension

Definiteness forms of ብጫ
masculine feminine
indefinite ብጫ (bəč̣a)
definite subject ብጫው (bəč̣aw) ብጫዋ (bəč̣awa)
ብጫይቱ (bəč̣ayətu)
ብጫይቷ (bəč̣ayətʷa)
definite object ብጫውን (bəč̣awən) ብጫዋን (bəč̣awan)
ብጫይቱን (bəč̣ayətun)
ብጫይቷን (bəč̣ayətʷan)
general object ብጫን (bəč̣an)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ብጫ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
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