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Amharic
Etymology
From ሰው (säw, “mankind”) + -እዬ (-əyye).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈwɨjːe/
- Hyphenation: ሰ‧ው‧ዬ
Noun
ሰውዬ • (säwəyye) m (collective ሰው (säw))
- man, male
- male individual
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሰውዬ (säwəyye)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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ሰውዬ (säwəyye)
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| Definite subject
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ሰውዬው (säwəyyew)
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| Definite object
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ሰውዬውን (säwəyyewən)
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| General object
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ሰውዬን (säwəyyen)
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Possessive forms of ሰውዬ (säwəyye)
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Singular
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Plural
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Formal
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| First person
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ሰውዬዬ (säwəyyeye)
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ሰውዬያችን (säwəyyeyaččən)
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| Second person
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m
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ሰውዬህ (säwəyyeh)
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ሰውዬያችሁ (säwəyyeyaččəhu)
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ሰውዬዎ (säwəyyewo)
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ሰውዬሽ (säwəyyeš)
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| Third person
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m
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ሰውዬው (säwəyyew)
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ሰውዬያቸው (säwəyyeyaččäw)
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| f
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ሰውዬዋ (säwəyyewa)
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Coordinate terms
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰው”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 36