ሆላ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Oromo hoolaa (“sheep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhola/
• Hyphenation: ሆ‧ላ

Adjective

ሆላ • (hola)

1. (of sheep) dark grey

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሆላ (hola)

	Masculine	Feminine
Indefinite	ሆላ (hola)
Definite subject	ሆላው (holaw)	ሆላዋ (holawa) ሆላይቱ (holayətu) ሆላይቷ (holayətʷa)
Definite object	ሆላውን (holawən)	ሆላዋን (holawan) ሆላይቱን (holayətun) ሆላይቷን (holayətʷan)
General object	ሆላን (holan)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሆላ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3