gowwoota

Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡowˈwoːta/
  • Hyphenation: gow‧woo‧ta

Adjective

gowwoota

  1. plural of gowwa

Declension

Declension of gowwoota
masculine feminine
predicative gowwoota gowwoota
nominative gowwootu gowwoota
genitive gowwootu*) gowwoota*)
gowwootate
accusative gowwoota*) gowwoota*)
*) Stressed on the final vowel.
**) When part of a predicative phrase, the predicative case adjectives are followed by the clitics -ho (m) and -te (f).

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 144
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “gowwoota”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department