bushsha

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Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuʃːa/
  • Hyphenation: bush‧sha

Etymology 1

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya buchcha and Kambaata buchcha.

Noun

bushsha m 

  1. soil, dirt
Declension
Declension of bushsha (masculine)
unmodified modified
predicative bushsha
nominative bushshu bushshi
genitive bushshu*) bushshi*)
dative bushshaho bushshira
accusative bushsha*)
ablative bushshunni bushshinni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

Etymology 2

From buba (“to burn”) +‎ -sha.

Verb

bushsha

  1. (transitive) to burn

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 37
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “bushsha”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
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