መኪና

Amharic

መኪና። (sense 1)

መኪና። (sense 3)

መኪና። (sense 4)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian macchina, from Latin machina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməkina/
• Hyphenation: መ‧ኪ‧ና

Noun

መኪና • (mäkina) m

2. automobile, car
3. machine
5. lorry, truck
7. typewriter

Declension

Definiteness forms of መኪና (mäkina)

	Masculine
Indefinite	መኪና (mäkina)
Definite subject	መኪናው (mäkinaw)
Definite object	መኪናውን (mäkinawən)
General object	መኪናን (mäkinan)

Possessive forms of መኪና (mäkina)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		መኪናዬ (mäkinaye)	መኪናችን (mäkinaččən)	—
Second person	m	መኪናህ (mäkinah)	መኪናችሁ (mäkinaččəhu)	መኪናዎ (mäkinawo)
	f	መኪናሽ (mäkinaš)
Third person	m	መኪናው (mäkinaw)	መኪናቸው (mäkinaččäw)
	f	መኪናዋ (mäkinawa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “መኪና”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 18