ወምበር

Amharic

ወምበር።

Alternative forms

• ወንበር (wänbär)

Etymology

Root
ነ-በ-ረ (nä-bä-rä)

From ወ- (wä-) +‎ ነበረ (näbbärä, “to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwəmbəɾ/
• Hyphenation: ወም‧በር

Noun

ወምበር • (wämbär) m

1. chair, seat

Declension

Definiteness forms of ወምበር (wämbär)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ወምበር (wämbär)
Definite subject	ወምበሩ (wämbäru)
Definite object	ወምበሩን (wämbärun)
General object	ወምበርን (wämbärən)

Possessive forms of ወምበር (wämbär)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ወምበሬ (wämbäre)	ወምበራችን (wämbäraččən)	—
Second person	m	ወምበርህ (wämbärəh)	ወምበራችሁ (wämbäraččəhu)	ወምበርዎ (wämbärwo)
	f	ወምበርሽ (wämbärəš)
Third person	m	ወምበሩ (wämbäru)	ወምበራቸው (wämbäraččäw)
	f	ወምበሯ (wämbärʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወምበር”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16