መኪና

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Amharic[edit]

መኪና። (sense 1)
መኪና። (sense 3)
መኪና። (sense 4)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian macchina, from Latin machina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈməkina/
  • Hyphenation: መ‧ኪ‧ና

Noun[edit]

መኪና • (mäkina) m

  2. automobile, car
  3. machine
  5. lorry, truck
  7. typewriter

Declension[edit]

Definiteness forms of መኪና (mäkina)
Masculine
Indefinite መኪና (mäkina)
Definite subject መኪናው (mäkinaw)
Definite object መኪናውን (mäkinawən)
General object መኪናን (mäkinan)
Possessive forms of መኪና (mäkina)
Singular Plural Formal
First person መኪናዬ (mäkinaye) መኪናችን (mäkinaččən) —
Second person m መኪናህ (mäkinah) መኪናችሁ (mäkinaččəhu) መኪናዎ (mäkinawo)
f መኪናሽ (mäkinaš)
Third person m መኪናው (mäkinaw) መኪናቸው (mäkinaččäw)
f መኪናዋ (mäkinawa)

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “መኪና”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18
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