xuʼma

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuʔma/
• Hyphenation: xuʼ‧ma

Adjective

xuʼma (plural xuʼmulle)

1. beautiful

Declension

Declension of xuʼma

	masculine	feminine
predicative	xuʼma	xuʼma
nominative	xuʼmu	xuʼma
genitive	xuʼmu*)	xuʼma*) xuʼmate
accusative	xuʼma*)	xuʼma*)
*) Stressed on the final vowel. **) When part of a predicative phrase, the predicative case adjectives are followed by the clitics -ho (m) and -te (f)

Verb

xuʼma

1. (intransitive) to be beautiful

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 144
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “xuʼma”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department