ላም
Amharic
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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