ሸለመ

Amharic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃəlːəmə/
• Hyphenation: ሸ‧ለ‧መ

Verb

ሸለመ • (šällämä)

1. (transitive) to decorate
2. (intransitive) to give an award
3. (intransitive) to recover from a minor illness
4. (intransitive) to get pockmarks on one's face
5. (intransitive) to recover from smallpox, but retain pockmarks on one's face

Derived terms

• አሸለመ (ʾaššällämä)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሸለመ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 15