ውሻ
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Amharic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ዉሻ (wušša)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”), reanalysed as a singular.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))
- dog
- fourth stage of drunkenness, characterised by people howling like a dog
Declension[edit]
Definiteness forms of ውሻ (wəšša)
Possessive forms of ውሻ (wəšša)
References[edit]
- Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English[1], London: The Church Missionary Society, page 148
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ውሻ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN