ውሻ

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Amharic

ውሻ።

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”), reanalysed as a singular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɨʃːa/
  • Hyphenation: ው‧ሻ

Noun

ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))

  1. dog
  2. fourth stage of drunkenness, characterised by people howling like a dog

Declension

Definiteness forms of ውሻ (wəšša)
Masculine Feminine
Indefinite ውሻ (wəšša)
Definite subject ውሻው (wəššaw) ውሻዋ (wəššawa)
ውሻይቱ (wəššayətu)
ውሻይቷ (wəššayətʷa)
Definite object ውሻውን (wəššawən) ውሻዋን (wəššawan)
ውሻይቱን (wəššayətun)
ውሻይቷን (wəššayətʷan)
General object ውሻን (wəššan)
Possessive forms of ውሻ (wəšša)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ውሻዬ (wəššaye) ውሻችን (wəššaččən) —
Second person m ውሻህ (wəššah) ውሻችሁ (wəššaččəhu) ውሻዎ (wəššawo)
f ውሻሽ (wəššaš)
Third person m ውሻው (wəššaw) ውሻቸው (wəššaččäw)
f ውሻዋ (wəššawa)

References

  • Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English‎, London: The Church Missionary Society, page 148
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ውሻ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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