nugusa

Sidamo

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nugusa m (plural nugussa f)

1. king

Declension

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

nugusa

1. (intransitive) to reign (as king)

References

• 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