ሆላ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Oromo hoolaa (“sheep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhola/
  • Hyphenation: ሆ‧ላ

Adjective

ሆላ • (hola)

  1. (of sheep) dark grey

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሆላ
masculine feminine
indefinite ሆላ (hola)
definite subject ሆላው (holaw) ሆላዋ (holawa)
ሆላይቱ (holayətu)
ሆላይቷ (holayətʷa)
definite object ሆላውን (holawən) ሆላዋን (holawan)
ሆላይቱን (holayətun)
ሆላይቷን (holayətʷan)
general object ሆላን (holan)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሆላ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3
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