sidaama

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Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈdaːma/
  • Hyphenation: si‧daa‧ma

Noun

sidaama m 

  1. (collective) Sidama people
  2. Sidama (a region of Ethiopia)

Declension

Declension of sidaama (masculine)
unmodified modified
predicative sidaama
nominative sidaamu sidaami
genitive sidaamu*) sidaami*)
dative sidaamaho sidaamira
accusative sidaama*)
ablative sidaamunni sidaaminni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 68
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “sidaama”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
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