ላም
Amharic
ላም።
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognates include Tigrinya ላም (lam). Compare also Afar láa (“cattle”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlam/
- Hyphenation: ላም
Declension
Definiteness forms of ላም (lam)
| Feminine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | ላም (lam) |
| Definite subject | ላሟ (lamʷa) ላሚቱ (lamitu) ላሚቷ (lamitʷa) |
| Definite object | ላሟን (lamʷan) ላሚቱን (lamitun) ላሚቷን (lamitʷan) |
| General object | ላምን (lamən) |
Possessive forms of ላም (lam)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ላሜ (lame) | ላማችን (lamaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ላምህ (laməh) | ላማችሁ (lamaččəhu) | ላምዎ (lamwo) |
| f | ላምሽ (laməš) | |||
| Third person | m | ላሙ (lamu) | ላማቸው (lamaččäw) | |
| f | ላሟ (lamʷa) | |||
Coordinate terms
- (female bovine): በሬ (bäre, “bull, ox”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ላም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35
Tigrinya
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