culunqa

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji xunga and Hadiyya xuraʼa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼuˈlunkʼa/
• Hyphenation: cu‧lun‧qa

Noun

culunqa f (singulative culunqichcho m)

1. (collective) fingernails

Declension

Declension of culunqa (feminine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	culunqa
nominative	culunqa	culunqa
genitive	culunqate*)	culunqa*)
dative	culunqate	culunqara
accusative	culunqa*)
ablative	culunqatenni	culunqanni

^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “culunqa”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department