ወንድም

Amharic

Etymology

From ወንድ (wänd, “male”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwəndɨmː/
  • Hyphenation: ወን‧ድም

Noun

ወንድም • (wändəmm) m (endearing ወንድምዬ (wändəmməyye))

  1. brother
  2. (male) cousin
  3. (male) second cousin

Declension

Possessive forms of ወንድም (wändəmm)
singular plural formal
first person ወንድሜ (wändəmme) ወንድማችን (wändəmmaččən) —
second person m ወንድምህ (wändəmməh) ወንድማችሁ (wändəmmaččəhu) ወንድምዎ (wändəmmwo)
f ወንድምሽ (wändəmməš)
third person m ወንድሙ (wändəmmu) ወንድማቸው (wändəmmaččäw)
f ወንድሟ (wändəmmʷa)

Coordinate terms

  • (brother): እኅት (ʾəḫət, “sister”)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወንድም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3
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