ፖስታ

Amharic

ፖስታ።

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian posta (“post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈposta/
• Hyphenation: ፖስ‧ታ

Noun

ፖስታ • (posta) m

1. post, mail
2. letter
3. envelope
4. sleeping car

Declension

Definiteness forms of ፖስታ (posta)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ፖስታ (posta)
Definite subject	ፖስታው (postaw)
Definite object	ፖስታውን (postawən)
General object	ፖስታን (postan)

Possessive forms of ፖስታ (posta)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ፖስታዬ (postaye)	ፖስታችን (postaččən)	—
Second person	m	ፖስታህ (postah)	ፖስታችሁ (postaččəhu)	ፖስታዎ (postawo)
	f	ፖስታሽ (postaš)
Third person	m	ፖስታው (postaw)	ፖስታቸው (postaččäw)
	f	ፖስታዋ (postawa)

Derived terms

• ፖስታ፡ቤት (posta bet)

Descendants

• → Sidamo: posta

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ፖስታ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN