Amharic
Etymology
| Root
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| ነ-በ-ረ (nä-bä-rä)
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| 2 terms
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From ወ- (wä-) + ነበረ (näbbärä, “to sit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwəmbəɾ/
- Hyphenation: ወም‧በር
Noun
ወምበር • (wämbär) m
- chair, seat
Declension
Definiteness forms of ወምበር
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masculine
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| indefinite
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ወምበር (wämbär)
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| definite subject
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ወምበሩ (wämbäru)
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| definite object
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ወምበሩን (wämbärun)
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| general object
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ወምበርን (wämbärən)
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Possessive forms of ወምበር (wämbär)
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singular
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plural
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formal
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| first person
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ወምበሬ (wämbäre)
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ወምበራችን (wämbäraččən)
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—
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| second person
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m
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ወምበርህ (wämbärəh)
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ወምበራችሁ (wämbäraččəhu)
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ወምበርዎ (wämbärwo)
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| f
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ወምበርሽ (wämbärəš)
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| third person
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m
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ወምበሩ (wämbäru)
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ወምበራቸው (wämbäraččäw)
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| f
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ወምበሯ (wämbärʷa)
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References
- Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ወምበር”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16