ጆሮ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ዦሮ (žoro)
Etymology
Borrowed from a Cushitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoɾo/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ጆ‧ሮ
Noun
ጆሮ • (ǧoro) m
- ear
- eye (of a needle)
- handle (of a mug)
- reputation, fame
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ጆሮ (ǧoro) |
| definite subject | ጆሮው (ǧorow) |
| definite object | ጆሮውን (ǧorowən) |
| general object | ጆሮን (ǧoron) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ጆሮዬ (ǧoroye) | ጆሮዋችን (ǧorowaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ጆሮህ (ǧoroh) | ጆሮዋችሁ (ǧorowaččəhu) | ጆሮዎ (ǧorowo) |
| f | ጆሮሽ (ǧoroš) | |||
| third person | m | ጆሮው (ǧorow) | ጆሮዋቸው (ǧorowaččäw) | |
| f | ጆሮዋ (ǧorowa) | |||
Synonyms
- (eye of a needle): ዓይን (ʿayn)
References
- Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ጆሮ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1858