ሰውዬ
Amharic
Etymology
From ሰው (säw, “mankind”) + -እዬ (-əyye).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈwɨjːe/
- Hyphenation: ሰ‧ው‧ዬ
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሰውዬ (säwəyye)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | ሰውዬ (säwəyye) |
| Definite subject | ሰውዬው (säwəyyew) |
| Definite object | ሰውዬውን (säwəyyewən) |
| General object | ሰውዬን (säwəyyen) |
Possessive forms of ሰውዬ (säwəyye)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ሰውዬዬ (säwəyyeye) | ሰውዬያችን (säwəyyeyaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ሰውዬህ (säwəyyeh) | ሰውዬያችሁ (säwəyyeyaččəhu) | ሰውዬዎ (säwəyyewo) |
| f | ሰውዬሽ (säwəyyeš) | |||
| Third person | m | ሰውዬው (säwəyyew) | ሰውዬያቸው (säwəyyeyaččäw) | |
| f | ሰውዬዋ (säwəyyewa) | |||
Coordinate terms
- ሴትዮ (setyo, “woman”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰው”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 36
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