-ዚያ
Amharic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-zːija/
Determiner
-ዚያ • (-zziya)
- Enclitic form of ያ (ya)
Pronoun
-ዚያ • (-zziya)
- Enclitic form of ያ (ya)
Usage notes
- Used when following a preposition. Otherwise, the simple demonstrative ያ (ya) is used.
Derived terms
Amharic terms suffixed with -ዚያ
See also
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||
| proximal | simple | ይህ (yəh) | ይህች (yəhəčč) | እነዚህ (ʾənnäzzih) |
| emphatic | ይህኛው (yəhəññaw) | ይችኛዋ (yəččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚህ (-zzih) | -ዚች (-zičč) | — | |
| distal | simple | ያ (ya) | ያች (yačč) | እነዚያ (ʾənnäzziya) |
| emphatic | ያኛው (yaññaw) | ያችኛዋ (yaččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚያ (-zziya) | -ዚያች (-zziyačč) | — | |
*) See the respective entries for alternative forms.
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “-ዚያ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 22