መኪና

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Amharic

መኪና። (sense 1)
መኪና። (sense 3)
መኪና። (sense 4)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian macchina, from Latin machina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈməkina/
  • Hyphenation: መ‧ኪ‧ና

Noun

መኪና • (mäkina) m

  2. automobile, car
  3. machine
  5. lorry, truck
  7. typewriter

Declension

Definiteness forms of መኪና (mäkina)
Masculine
Indefinite መኪና (mäkina)
Definite subject መኪናው (mäkinaw)
Definite object መኪናውን (mäkinawən)
General object መኪናን (mäkinan)
Possessive forms of መኪና (mäkina)
Singular Plural Formal
First person መኪናዬ (mäkinaye) መኪናችን (mäkinaččən) —
Second person m መኪናህ (mäkinah) መኪናችሁ (mäkinaččəhu) መኪናዎ (mäkinawo)
f መኪናሽ (mäkinaš)
Third person m መኪናው (mäkinaw) መኪናቸው (mäkinaččäw)
f መኪናዋ (mäkinawa)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “መኪና”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
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