ውሻ
Amharic
ውሻ።
Alternative forms
- ዉሻ (wušša)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɨʃːa/
- Hyphenation: ው‧ሻ
Noun
ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))
- dog
- fourth stage of drunkenness, characterised by people howling like a dog
Declension
Definiteness forms of ውሻ (wəšša)
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | ውሻ (wəšša) | |
| Definite subject | ውሻው (wəššaw) | ውሻዋ (wəššawa) ውሻይቱ (wəššayətu) ውሻይቷ (wəššayətʷa) |
| Definite object | ውሻውን (wəššawən) | ውሻዋን (wəššawan) ውሻይቱን (wəššayətun) ውሻይቷን (wəššayətʷan) |
| General object | ውሻን (wəššan) | |
Possessive forms of ውሻ (wəšša)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ውሻዬ (wəššaye) | ውሻችን (wəššaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ውሻህ (wəššah) | ውሻችሁ (wəššaččəhu) | ውሻዎ (wəššawo) |
| f | ውሻሽ (wəššaš) | |||
| Third person | m | ውሻው (wəššaw) | ውሻቸው (wəššaččäw) | |
| f | ውሻዋ (wəššawa) | |||
References
- Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English, London: The Church Missionary Society, page 148
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ውሻ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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