ጌታ

Amharic

Etymology

Cognates include Tigrinya ጐይታ (gʷäyta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeta/
• Hyphenation: ጌ‧ታ

Noun

ጌታ • (geta) m

1. lord, master

Declension

Definiteness forms of ጌታ (geta)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ጌታ (geta)
Definite subject	ጌታው (getaw)
Definite object	ጌታውን (getawən)
General object	ጌታን (getan)

Possessive forms of ጌታ (geta)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ጌታዬ (getaye)	ጌታችን (getaččən)	—
Second person	m	ጌታህ (getah)	ጌታችሁ (getaččəhu)	ጌታዎ (getawo)
	f	ጌታሽ (getaš)
Third person	m	ጌታው (getaw)	ጌታቸው (getaččäw)
	f	ጌታዋ (getawa)

References

• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 34