ወምበር

Amharic

Alternative forms

ወንበር (wänbär)

Etymology

Root
ነ-በ-ረ (nä-bä-rä)

From ወ- (wä-) +‎ ነበረ (näbbärä, “to sit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwəmbəɾ/
Hyphenation: ወም‧በር

Noun

ወምበር • (wämbär) m

chair, seat

Declension

Definiteness forms of *ወምበር*
	masculine
indefinite	ወምበር (wämbär)
definite subject	ወምበሩ (wämbäru)
definite object	ወምበሩን (wämbärun)
general object	ወምበርን (wämbärən)

Possessive forms of *ወምበር* (wämbär)
		singular	plural	formal
first person		ወምበሬ (wämbäre)	ወምበራችን (wämbäraččən)	—
second person	m	ወምበርህ (wämbärəh)	ወምበራችሁ (wämbäraččəhu)	ወምበርዎ (wämbärwo)
second person	f	ወምበርሽ (wämbärəš)	ወምበራችሁ (wämbäraččəhu)	ወምበርዎ (wämbärwo)
third person	m	ወምበሩ (wämbäru)	ወምበራቸው (wämbäraččäw)
third person	f	ወምበሯ (wämbärʷa)	ወምበራቸው (wämbäraččäw)

References

Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወምበር”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16