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Amharic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez አልቦ (ʾälbo, “there is no”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)albo/
- Hyphenation: አል‧ቦ
Noun
አልቦ • (ʾalbo) m
- bead
- woman's anklet made of beads
- mule's necklet made of beads
Declension
Definiteness forms of አልቦ (ʾalbo)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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አልቦ (ʾalbo)
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| Definite subject
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አልቦው (ʾalbow)
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| Definite object
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አልቦውን (ʾalbowən)
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| General object
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አልቦን (ʾalbon)
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Possessive forms of አልቦ (ʾalbo)
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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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አልቦዬ (ʾalboye)
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አልቦዋችን (ʾalbowaččən)
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| Second person
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m
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አልቦህ (ʾalboh)
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አልቦዋችሁ (ʾalbowaččəhu)
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አልቦዎ (ʾalbowo)
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| f
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አልቦሽ (ʾalboš)
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| Third person
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m
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አልቦው (ʾalbow)
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አልቦዋቸው (ʾalbowaččäw)
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| f
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አልቦዋ (ʾalbowa)
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Numeral
አልቦ • (ʾalbo)
- (rare) Synonym of ዜሮ (zero)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አልቦ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1109
- Leslau, Wolf (1995) Reference grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 251