ላም።
Etymology
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognates include Tigrinya ላም (lam). Compare also Afar láa (“cattle”)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈlam/
- Hyphenation: ላም
ላም • (lam) f
- cow (female bovine)
Declension
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Definiteness forms of ላም (lam)
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Feminine
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| Indefinite
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ላም (lam)
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| Definite subject
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ላሟ (lamʷa)
ላሚቱ (lamitu)
ላሚቷ (lamitʷa)
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| Definite object
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ላሟን (lamʷan)
ላሚቱን (lamitun)
ላሚቷን (lamitʷan)
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| General object
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ላምን (lamən)
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Possessive forms of ላም (lam)
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Singular
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Plural
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Formal
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| First person
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ላሜ (lame)
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ላማችን (lamaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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ላምህ (laməh)
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ላማችሁ (lamaččəhu)
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ላምዎ (lamwo)
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| f
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ላምሽ (laməš)
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| Third person
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m
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ላሙ (lamu)
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ላማቸው (lamaččäw)
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| f
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ላሟ (lamʷa)
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Coordinate terms
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- (female bovine): በሬ (bäre, “bull, ox”)
References
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- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ላም”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35
Tigrinya
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