ጉማሬ
Amharic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡumarːe/
- Hyphenation: ጉ‧ማ‧ሬ
Noun
ጉማሬ • (gumarre) m or f by sense (plural ጉማሬዎች (gumarrewoč))
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ጉማሬ (gumarre) | |
| definite subject | ጉማሬው (gumarrew) | ጉማሬዋ (gumarrewa) ጉማሬይቱ (gumarreyətu) ጉማሬይቷ (gumarreyətʷa) |
| definite object | ጉማሬውን (gumarrewən) | ጉማሬዋን (gumarrewan) ጉማሬይቱን (gumarreyətun) ጉማሬይቷን (gumarreyətʷan) |
| general object | ጉማሬን (gumarren) | |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ጉማሬዬ (gumarreye) | ጉማሬያችን (gumarreyaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ጉማሬህ (gumarreh) | ጉማሬያችሁ (gumarreyaččəhu) | ጉማሬዎ (gumarrewo) |
| f | ጉማሬሽ (gumarreš) | |||
| third person | m | ጉማሬው (gumarrew) | ጉማሬያቸው (gumarreyaččäw) | |
| f | ጉማሬዋ (gumarrewa) | |||
References
- Wolf Leslau (1996) “hippopotamus”, in Concise Amharic Dictionary, University of California Press, →ISBN