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Amharic
Etymology
From ሴት (set, “womankind”) + -እዮ (-əyyo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈtɨjːo/
- Hyphenation: ሴ‧ት‧ዮ
Noun
ሴትዮ • (setəyyo) f (collective ሴት (set))
- woman, female
- female individual
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሴትዮ (setəyyo)
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Feminine
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| Indefinite
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ሴትዮ (setəyyo)
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| Definite subject
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ሴትዮዋ (setəyyowa)
ሴትዮይቱ (setəyyoyətu)
ሴትዮይቷ (setəyyoyətʷa)
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| Definite object
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ሴትዮዋን (setəyyowan)
ሴትዮይቱን (setəyyoyətun)
ሴትዮይቷን (setəyyoyətʷan)
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| General object
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ሴትዮን (setəyyon)
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Possessive forms of ሴትዮ (setəyyo)
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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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ሴትዮዬ (setəyyoye)
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ሴትዮዋችን (setəyyowaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ሴትዮህ (setəyyoh)
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ሴትዮዋችሁ (setəyyowaččəhu)
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ሴትዮዎ (setəyyowo)
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| f
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ሴትዮሽ (setəyyoš)
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| Third person
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m
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ሴትዮው (setəyyow)
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ሴትዮዋቸው (setəyyowaččäw)
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| f
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ሴትዮዋ (setəyyowa)
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Coordinate terms
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሴት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 36