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Amharic
Etymology
From ወንድ (wänd, “male”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwəndɨmː/
- Hyphenation: ወን‧ድም
Noun
ወንድም • (wändəmm) m (endearing ወንድምዬ (wändəmməyye))
- brother
- (male) cousin
- (male) second cousin
Declension
Possessive forms of ወንድም (wändəmm)
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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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ወንድሜ (wändəmme)
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ወንድማችን (wändəmmaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ወንድምህ (wändəmməh)
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ወንድማችሁ (wändəmmaččəhu)
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ወንድምዎ (wändəmmwo)
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| f
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ወንድምሽ (wändəmməš)
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| Third person
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m
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ወንድሙ (wändəmmu)
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ወንድማቸው (wändəmmaččäw)
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| f
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ወንድሟ (wändəmmʷa)
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Coordinate terms
- (brother): እኅት (ʾəḫət, “sister”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወንድም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3