cufana

Sidamo

Cufana.

Etymology

From cufa (“to close”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼuˈfana/
• Hyphenation: cu‧fa‧na

Noun

cufana m (plural cufanna f)

1. door

Declension

Declension of cufana (masculine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	cufana
nominative	cufanu	cufani
genitive	cufanu*)	cufani*)
dative	cufanaho	cufanira
accusative	cufana*)
ablative	cufanunni	cufaninni

^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “cufana”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department