ወምበር

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology
Root
ነ-በ-ረ
(nä-bä-rä)

From ወ- (wä-) +‎ ነበረ (näbbärä, “to sit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwəmbəɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ወም‧በር

Noun

ወምበር • (wämbär) m

  1. chair, seat

Declension
Definiteness forms of ወምበር (wämbär)
Masculine
Indefinite ወምበር (wämbär)
Definite subject ወምበሩ (wämbäru)
Definite object ወምበሩን (wämbärun)
General object ወምበርን (wämbärən)
Possessive forms of ወምበር (wämbär)
Singular Plural Formal
First person ወምበሬ (wämbäre) ወምበራችን (wämbäraččən) —
Second person m ወምበርህ (wämbärəh) ወምበራችሁ (wämbäraččəhu) ወምበርዎ (wämbärwo)
f ወምበርሽ (wämbärəš)
Third person m ወምበሩ (wämbäru) ወምበራቸው (wämbäraččäw)
f ወምበሯ (wämbärʷa)

References
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወምበር”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16
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