አፍንጫ
Amharic
Etymology
Unknown. Kogan rejects Appleyard's suggestion of a connection to Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-, in part because of evidence that the initial consonant was originally /w/, but mentions a phonologically problematic suggestion from Bulakh that connects the term with ተናፈጠ (tänaffäṭä, “blow one's nose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)afɨnt͡ʃʼa/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: አ‧ፍን‧ጫ
Declension
Definiteness forms of አፍንጫ (ʾafənč̣a)
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | አፍንጫ (ʾafənč̣a) |
| Definite subject | አፍንጫው (ʾafənč̣aw) |
| Definite object | አፍንጫውን (ʾafənč̣awən) |
| General object | አፍንጫን (ʾafənč̣an) |
Possessive forms of አፍንጫ (ʾafənč̣a)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | አፍንጫዬ (ʾafənč̣aye) | አፍንጫችን (ʾafənč̣aččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | አፍንጫህ (ʾafənč̣ah) | አፍንጫችሁ (ʾafənč̣aččəhu) | አፍንጫዎ (ʾafənč̣awo) |
| f | አፍንጫሽ (ʾafənč̣aš) | |||
| Third person | m | አፍንጫው (ʾafənč̣aw) | አፍንጫቸው (ʾafənč̣aččäw) | |
| f | አፍንጫዋ (ʾafənč̣awa) | |||
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አፍንጫ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 41–42
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