ውሻ
Amharic
editAlternative forms
edit- ዉሻ (wušša)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”), reanalysed as a singular.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editውሻ • (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
editDefiniteness 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