dureessa
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Sidamo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo dureessa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dureessa (feminine dureette, plural dureeyye)
Declension[edit]
Declension of dureessa
masculine | feminine | |
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predicative | dureessa | dureette |
nominative | dureessu | dureette |
genitive | dureessu*) | dureette*) dureettete |
accusative | dureessa*) | dureette*) |
*) Stressed on the final vowel. **) When part of a predicative phrase, the predicative case adjectives are followed by the clitics -ho (m) and -te (f) |
References[edit]
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 134