ፖስታ

Amharic
ፖስታ።

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian posta (“post”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈposta/
  • Hyphenation: ፖስ‧ታ

Noun

ፖስታ • (posta) m

  1. post, mail
  2. letter
  3. envelope
  4. sleeping car

Declension
Definiteness forms of ፖስታ (posta)
Masculine
Indefinite ፖስታ (posta)
Definite subject ፖስታው (postaw)
Definite object ፖስታውን (postawən)
General object ፖስታን (postan)
Possessive forms of ፖስታ (posta)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ፖስታዬ (postaye) ፖስታችን (postaččən) —
Second person m ፖስታህ (postah) ፖስታችሁ (postaččəhu) ፖስታዎ (postawo)
f ፖስታሽ (postaš)
Third person m ፖስታው (postaw) ፖስታቸው (postaččäw)
f ፖስታዋ (postawa)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Sidamo: posta

References
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ፖስታ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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