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Amharic
Etymology
Borrowed from a Cushitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃʼɨnˈkʼɨlːat/
- Hyphenation: ጭን‧ቅ‧ላት
Noun
ጭንቅላት • (č̣ənḳəllat) m
- skull
- (by extension) head
Declension
Definiteness forms of ጭንቅላት (č̣ənḳəllat)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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ጭንቅላት (č̣ənḳəllat)
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| Definite subject
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ጭንቅላቱ (č̣ənḳəllatu)
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| Definite object
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ጭንቅላቱን (č̣ənḳəllatun)
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| General object
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ጭንቅላትን (č̣ənḳəllatən)
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Possessive forms of ጭንቅላት (č̣ənḳəllat)
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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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ጭንቅላቴ (č̣ənḳəllate)
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ጭንቅላታችን (č̣ənḳəllataččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ጭንቅላትህ (č̣ənḳəllatəh)
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ጭንቅላታችሁ (č̣ənḳəllataččəhu)
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ጭንቅላትዎ (č̣ənḳəllatwo)
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ጭንቅላትሽ (č̣ənḳəllatəš)
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| Third person
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m
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ጭንቅላቱ (č̣ənḳəllatu)
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ጭንቅላታቸው (č̣ənḳəllataččäw)
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| f
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ጭንቅላቷ (č̣ənḳəllatʷa)
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Related terms
- ጭንቅሎ (č̣ənḳəllo, “big-headed”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ጭንቅላት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN