Alternative forms
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Etymology
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Related to Ge'ez ቤጸ (beṣä, “yellow”). Cognacy to Arabic أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ, “white”) has also been proposed.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈbɨt͡ʃʼa/
- Hyphenation: ብ‧ጫ
Adjective
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ብጫ • (bəč̣a)
- yellow
Declension
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Definiteness forms of ብጫ (bəč̣a)
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Masculine
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Feminine
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ብጫ (bəč̣a)
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| Definite subject
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ብጫው (bəč̣aw)
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ብጫዋ (bəč̣awa)
ብጫይቱ (bəč̣ayətu)
ብጫይቷ (bəč̣ayətʷa)
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| Definite object
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ብጫውን (bəč̣awən)
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ብጫዋን (bəč̣awan)
ብጫይቱን (bəč̣ayətun)
ብጫይቷን (bəč̣ayətʷan)
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ብጫን (bəč̣an)
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References
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- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ብጫ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
