ወፍ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ዎፍ (wof)
Etymology
Compare Ge'ez ዖፍ (ʿof, “bird”) and Hebrew עוף (“bird”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwəf/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ወፍ
Noun
ወፍ • (wäf) m or f by sense (plural አዕዋፍ (ʾaʿwaf))
- bird
- 2023, “የመስቀል ወፍ ወቅት ጠብቃ መስከረም ላይ ብቻ ብቅ የምትል ናት?”, in BBC News[1]:
- በአባባልም አንድ ሰው ለረጅም ጊዜ ጠፍቶ ቆይቶ ድንገት ሲከሰት “ምነው የመስቀል ወፍ ሆንክ” ይባላል። ይህም ለረጅም ጊዜ ሳይታዩ ወይም ጠፍቶ ቆይቶ መታየትን ለማመልከት ማኅበረሰቡ የሚጠቀምበት አባባል ነው።
- bäʾäbabalm ʾänd säw läräǧm gize ṭäfto ḳoyto dəngät sikäsät “mənäw yämäsḳäl wäf honk” yəbalal. yəhm läräǧm gize saytayu wäym ṭäfto ḳoyto mätayätn lämamälkät maḫbäräsäbu yämiṭäḳämbät ʾäbabal näw.
- In other words, when a person suddenly reappears after being missing for a long time, it is said, "I wish you were a cross bird." This is a term used by the community to indicate that they have not been seen for a long time or have disappeared.
- jaundice
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ወፍ (wäf) | |
| definite subject | ወፉ (wäfu) | ወፏ (wäfʷa) ወፊቱ (wäfitu) ወፊቷ (wäfitʷa) |
| definite object | ወፉን (wäfun) | ወፏን (wäfʷan) ወፊቱን (wäfitun) ወፊቷን (wäfitʷan) |
| general object | ወፍን (wäfən) | |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ወፌ (wäfe) | ወፋችን (wäfaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ወፍህ (wäfəh) | ወፋችሁ (wäfaččəhu) | ወፍዎ (wäfwo) |
| f | ወፍሽ (wäfəš) | |||
| third person | m | ወፉ (wäfu) | ወፋቸው (wäfaččäw) | |
| f | ወፏ (wäfʷa) | |||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወፍ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN