nugusa

Sidamo edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /nuˈɡusa/
Hyphenation: nu‧gu‧sa

Noun edit

nugusa m (plural nugussa f)

king

Declension edit

Declension of nugusa (masculine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	nugusa
nominative	nugusu	nugusi
genitive	nugusu^*)	nugusi^*)
dative	nugusaho	nugusira
accusative	nugusa^*)
ablative	nugusunni	nugusinni
^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

Verb edit

nugusa

(intransitive) to reign (as king)

References edit

Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82
Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “nugusa”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

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