ቢራቢሮ

Amharic

ቢራቢሮ።

Etymology

Probably of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /birˈrabirːo/
• Hyphenation: ቢራ‧ቢሮ

Noun

ቢራቢሮ • (birrabirro) m or f by sense

1. butterfly

Declension

Definiteness forms of ቢራቢሮ (birrabirro)

	Masculine	Feminine
Indefinite	ቢራቢሮ (birrabirro)
Definite subject	ቢራቢሮው (birrabirrow)	ቢራቢሮዋ (birrabirrowa) ቢራቢሮይቱ (birrabirroyətu) ቢራቢሮይቷ (birrabirroyətʷa)
Definite object	ቢራቢሮውን (birrabirrowən)	ቢራቢሮዋን (birrabirrowan) ቢራቢሮይቱን (birrabirroyətun) ቢራቢሮይቷን (birrabirroyətʷan)
General object	ቢራቢሮን (birrabirron)

Possessive forms of ቢራቢሮ (birrabirro)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ቢራቢሮዬ (birrabirroye)	ቢራቢሮዋችን (birrabirrowaččən)	—
Second person	m	ቢራቢሮህ (birrabirroh)	ቢራቢሮዋችሁ (birrabirrowaččəhu)	ቢራቢሮዎ (birrabirrowo)
	f	ቢራቢሮሽ (birrabirroš)
Third person	m	ቢራቢሮው (birrabirrow)	ቢራቢሮዋቸው (birrabirrowaččäw)
	f	ቢራቢሮዋ (birrabirrowa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ቢራቢሮ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN