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Amharic
Etymology
Unknown. Kogan rejects Appleyard's suggestion of a connection to Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-, in part because of evidence that the initial consonant was originally /w/, but mentions a phonologically problematic suggestion from Bulakh that connects the term with ተናፈጠ (tänaffäṭä, “blow one's nose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)afɨnt͡ʃʼa/
- Hyphenation: አ‧ፍን‧ጫ
Noun
አፍንጫ • (ʾafənč̣a) m
- nose, nostril
Declension
Definiteness forms of አፍንጫ (ʾafənč̣a)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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አፍንጫ (ʾafənč̣a)
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| Definite subject
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አፍንጫው (ʾafənč̣aw)
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| Definite object
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አፍንጫውን (ʾafənč̣awən)
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| General object
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አፍንጫን (ʾafənč̣an)
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Possessive forms of አፍንጫ (ʾafənč̣a)
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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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አፍንጫዬ (ʾafənč̣aye)
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አፍንጫችን (ʾafənč̣aččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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አፍንጫህ (ʾafənč̣ah)
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አፍንጫችሁ (ʾafənč̣aččəhu)
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አፍንጫዎ (ʾafənč̣awo)
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አፍንጫሽ (ʾafənč̣aš)
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| Third person
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m
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አፍንጫው (ʾafənč̣aw)
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አፍንጫቸው (ʾafənč̣aččäw)
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አፍንጫዋ (ʾafənč̣awa)
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References
- Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አፍንጫ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 41–42