beetto

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya beeto and Kambaata beeta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːtːo/
  • Hyphenation: beet‧to

Noun

beetto m or f by sense 

  1. child (boy or girl)
  2. offspring (son or daughter)

Declension
Declension of beetto (masculine)
unmodified modified
predicative beetto
nominative beettu beetti
genitive beettu*) beetti*)
dative beettoho beettira
accusative beetto*)
ablative beettunni beettinni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.
Declension of beetto (feminine)
unmodified modified
predicative beetto
nominative beetto beetto
genitive beettote*) beetto*)
dative beettote beettora
accusative beetto*)
ablative beettotenni beettonni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References
  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 36
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “beetto”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
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