አፍንጫ
Amharic
Etymology
Unknown. Kogan rejects Appleyard's suggestion of a connection to Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-, in part because of evidence that the initial consonant was originally /w/, but mentions a phonologically problematic suggestion from Bulakh that connects the term with ተናፈጠ (tänaffäṭä, “blow one's nose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)afɨnt͡ʃʼa/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: አ‧ፍን‧ጫ
Noun
አፍንጫ • (ʾafənč̣a) m
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | አፍንጫ (ʾafənč̣a) |
| definite subject | አፍንጫው (ʾafənč̣aw) |
| definite object | አፍንጫውን (ʾafənč̣awən) |
| general object | አፍንጫን (ʾafənč̣an) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | አፍንጫዬ (ʾafənč̣aye) | አፍንጫችን (ʾafənč̣aččən) | — | |
| second person | m | አፍንጫህ (ʾafənč̣ah) | አፍንጫችሁ (ʾafənč̣aččəhu) | አፍንጫዎ (ʾafənč̣awo) |
| f | አፍንጫሽ (ʾafənč̣aš) | |||
| third person | m | አፍንጫው (ʾafənč̣aw) | አፍንጫቸው (ʾafənč̣aččäw) | |
| f | አፍንጫዋ (ʾafənč̣awa) | |||
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አፍንጫ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 41–42