ሴትዮ
Amharic
Etymology
From ሴት (set, “womankind”) + -እዮ (-əyyo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈtɨjːo/
- Hyphenation: ሴ‧ት‧ዮ
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Declension
Definiteness forms of ሴትዮ (setəyyo)
| Feminine | |
|---|---|
| Indefinite | ሴትዮ (setəyyo) |
| Definite subject | ሴትዮዋ (setəyyowa) ሴትዮይቱ (setəyyoyətu) ሴትዮይቷ (setəyyoyətʷa) |
| Definite object | ሴትዮዋን (setəyyowan) ሴትዮይቱን (setəyyoyətun) ሴትዮይቷን (setəyyoyətʷan) |
| General object | ሴትዮን (setəyyon) |
Possessive forms of ሴትዮ (setəyyo)
| Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First person | ሴትዮዬ (setəyyoye) | ሴትዮዋችን (setəyyowaččən) | — | |
| Second person | m | ሴትዮህ (setəyyoh) | ሴትዮዋችሁ (setəyyowaččəhu) | ሴትዮዎ (setəyyowo) |
| f | ሴትዮሽ (setəyyoš) | |||
| Third person | m | ሴትዮው (setəyyow) | ሴትዮዋቸው (setəyyowaččäw) | |
| f | ሴትዮዋ (setəyyowa) | |||
Coordinate terms
- ሰውዬ (säwye, “man”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሴት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 36
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