indá

See also: Inda, índa, Ɂi¹nda³, and inda

Hamer-Banna

Etymology

From Proto-Aroid *ʔind-. Compare Aari ʔindi, Karo inda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔindá/, [ʔindá̤]

Noun

indá (vocative índo)

1. mother

   áarisa indána álibe dóbobene

   Ali and Dobo are Aari's mothers.

   • 2014, SIM International, Haalin Mallano [New Testament], Digital Bible Society, Bira Teselonqe 2:7:

     Ko dahaannaar inda yisa naasina konin burqadhendettsi, yena burqadhayna wo maatade.

     Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you.

2. maternal aunt

Declension

Declension of indá (Declension 1)

	general	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	indá	indâ	indáno	indána
oblique	—	—	indán	—
accusative	indáɗan	indáɗan	indánɗan	indánaɗan
genitive	indása	indása	indánsa	indánasa
dative	indána	indána	indánna	indánana
affective	indákal	indákal	indánkal	indánakal
instrumental	indáka	indáka	indánka	indánaka
locative	indáte	indáte	indánte	—
inessive	indár	—	—	—
addessive	indábar	indábar	indámbar	—
allative I	indádar	indádar	indándar	indánadar
allative II	indáshet	indáshet	indánshet	—
ablative	indárra	—	—	—
comitative	indábe	indábe	indámbe	indánabe

Some inflected forms may not be entirely accurate.

Coordinate terms

• (both senses): imbá

Derived terms

• hánda (“your mother”)
• índa (“my mother”)

References

• Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎^[1], Leiden University, pages 41, 199, 306