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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *niḥnu. Cognates include Ge'ez ንሕነ (nəḥnä) and Arabic نَحْنُ (naḥnu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨɲːa/
- Hyphenation: እ‧ኛ
Pronoun
እኛ • (ʾǝñña)
- we
See also
Amharic personal pronouns
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| m
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f
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m
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f
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| familiar singular
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እኔ (ʾəne) |
አንተ (ʾantä) |
አንቺ (ʾanči) |
እሱ (ʾəssu)
እርሱ (ʾərsu) |
እሷ (ʾəssʷa)
እርሷ (ʾərsʷa)
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| plural
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እኛ (ʾəñña) |
እናንተ (ʾənnantä)
እናንት (ʾənnantə)1) |
እነሱ (ʾənnässu)
እነርሱ (ʾənnärsu)
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| formal singular
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እስዎ (ʾəssəwo)
እርስዎ (ʾərsəwo)
አንቱ (ʾantu)1) |
እሳቸው (ʾəssaččäw)
እርሳቸው (ʾərsaččäw)
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| 1) Rare
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እኛ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 17