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Sidamo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʼuʔma/
- Hyphenation: xuʼ‧ma
Adjective
xuʼma (plural xuʼmulle)
- beautiful
Declension
Declension of xuʼma
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masculine
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feminine
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| predicative
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xuʼma
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xuʼma
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| nominative
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xuʼmu
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xuʼma
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| genitive
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xuʼmu*)
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xuʼma*)
xuʼmate
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| accusative
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xuʼma*)
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xuʼma*)
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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).
Verb
xuʼma
- (intransitive) to be beautiful
References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 144
- Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “xuʼma”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department