xuʼma

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Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʼuʔma/
  • Hyphenation: xuʼ‧ma

Adjective

xuʼma (plural xuʼmulle)

  1. beautiful

Declension

Declension of xuʼma
masculine feminine
predicative xuʼma xuʼma
nominative xuʼmu xuʼma
genitive xuʼmu*) xuʼma*)
xuʼmate
accusative xuʼma*) xuʼma*)
*) 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

  1. (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