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Sidamo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːjːa/
- Hyphenation: faay‧ya
Adjective
faayya (plural faayyulle)
- pretty
Declension
Declension of faayya
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masculine
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feminine
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| predicative
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faayya
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faayya
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| nominative
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faayyu
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faayya
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| genitive
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faayyu*)
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faayya*)
faayyate
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| accusative
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faayya*)
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faayya*)
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*) Stressed on the final vowel.
**) When part of a predicative phrase, the predicative case adjectives are followed by the clitics -ho (m) and -te (f)
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References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 144
- Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “faayya”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department