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Amharic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨms/
- Hyphenation: እምስ
Noun
እምስ • (ʾəms) m
- vagina, vulva
- (slang) pussy
Declension
Definiteness forms of እምስ (ʾəms)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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እምስ (ʾəms)
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| Definite subject
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እምሱ (ʾəmsu)
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| Definite object
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እምሱን (ʾəmsun)
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| General object
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እምስን (ʾəmsən)
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Possessive forms of እምስ (ʾəms)
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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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እምሴ (ʾəmse)
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እምሳችን (ʾəmsaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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እምስህ (ʾəmsəh)
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እምሳችሁ (ʾəmsaččəhu)
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እምስዎ (ʾəmswo)
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| f
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እምስሽ (ʾəmsəš)
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| Third person
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m
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እምሱ (ʾəmsu)
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እምሳቸው (ʾəmsaččäw)
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| f
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እምሷ (ʾəmsʷa)
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See also
- ቂንጥር (ḳinṭər, “clitoris”)
References
- d’Abbadie, Antoine (1881) “ሕምስ”, in Dictionnaire de la langue amariñña (Actes de la Societé Philologique; 10) (in French), Paris: F. Vieweg, column 6
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እምስ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN