"ውሻ" meaning in Amharic

See ውሻ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɨʃːa/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”), reanalysed as a singular. Etymology templates: {{bor|am|sid|woshsha||dogs}} Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”) Head templates: {{head|am|noun|plural|ውሾች|or|ውሻዎች|||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|f1tr=wəššočč|f2tr=wəššawočč|f3tr=|f4tr=|f5tr=|f6tr=|f7tr=|f8tr=|g=mfbysense|head=|sort=|tr=wəšša|tr2=}} ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč)), {{am-noun|g=mfbysense|pl=ውሾች|pl2=ውሻዎች|tr=wəšša|trpl=wəššočč|trpl2=wəššawočč}} ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč)) Forms: wəšša [romanization], ውሾች [plural], ውሻዎች [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ውሻ [indefinite], ውሻው [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], ውሻዋ [error-unrecognized-form, feminine], ውሻይቱ [error-unrecognized-form, feminine], ውሻይቷ [error-unrecognized-form, feminine], ውሻውን [definite, direct-object, masculine], ውሻዋን [definite, direct-object, feminine], ውሻይቱን [definite, direct-object, feminine], ውሻይቷን [definite, direct-object, feminine], ውሻን [error-unrecognized-form], no-table-tags [table-tags], ውሻዬ [first-person, singular], ውሻችን [first-person, plural], - [first-person, formal], ውሻህ [masculine, second-person, singular], ውሻችሁ [masculine, plural, second-person], ውሻዎ [formal, masculine, second-person], ውሻሽ [feminine, second-person, singular], ውሻችሁ [feminine, plural, second-person], ውሻዎ [feminine, formal, second-person], ውሻው [masculine, singular, third-person], ውሻቸው [formal, masculine, third-person], ውሻቸው [masculine, plural, third-person], ውሻዋ [feminine, singular, third-person], ውሻቸው [feminine, formal, third-person], ውሻቸው [feminine, plural, third-person], ዉሻ [alternative]
  1. dog
    Sense id: en-ውሻ-am-noun-zWNX792W Categories (other): Canids Disambiguation of Canids: 52 48
  2. fourth stage of drunkenness, characterised by people howling like a dog
    Sense id: en-ውሻ-am-noun-2r1pMG-j Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Canids Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Amharic masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 40 60 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Canids: 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "sid",
        "3": "woshsha",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dogs"
      },
      "expansion": "Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”), reanalysed as a singular.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wəšša",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሾች",
      "roman": "wəššočč",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዎች",
      "roman": "wəššawočč",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻ",
      "roman": "wəšša",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻው",
      "roman": "wəššaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዋ",
      "roman": "wəššawa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቱ",
      "roman": "wəššayətu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቷ",
      "roman": "wəššayətʷa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻውን",
      "roman": "wəššawən",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዋን",
      "roman": "wəššawan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቱን",
      "roman": "wəššayətun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቷን",
      "roman": "wəššayətʷan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻን",
      "roman": "wəššan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዬ",
      "roman": "wəššaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻችን",
      "roman": "wəššaččən",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻህ",
      "roman": "wəššah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻችሁ",
      "roman": "wəššaččəhu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዎ",
      "roman": "wəššawo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻሽ",
      "roman": "wəššaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻችሁ",
      "roman": "wəššaččəhu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዎ",
      "roman": "wəššawo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻው",
      "roman": "wəššaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዋ",
      "roman": "wəššawa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ዉሻ",
      "roman": "wušša",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ውሾች",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "ውሻዎች",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "autotrinfl": "1",
        "f1tr": "wəššočč",
        "f2tr": "wəššawočč",
        "f3tr": "",
        "f4tr": "",
        "f5tr": "",
        "f6tr": "",
        "f7tr": "",
        "f8tr": "",
        "g": "mfbysense",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "wəšša",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "mfbysense",
        "pl": "ውሾች",
        "pl2": "ውሻዎች",
        "tr": "wəšša",
        "trpl": "wəššočč",
        "trpl2": "wəššawočč"
      },
      "expansion": "ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))",
      "name": "am-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ው‧ሻ"
  ],
  "lang": "Amharic",
  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "am",
          "name": "Canids",
          "orig": "am:Canids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dog"
      ],
      "id": "en-ውሻ-am-noun-zWNX792W",
      "links": [
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "langcode": "am",
          "name": "Canids",
          "orig": "am:Canids",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fourth stage of drunkenness, characterised by people howling like a dog"
      ],
      "id": "en-ውሻ-am-noun-2r1pMG-j",
      "links": [
        [
          "fourth",
          "fourth"
        ],
        [
          "drunkenness",
          "drunkenness"
        ],
        [
          "howl",
          "howl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɨʃːa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ውሻ"
}
{
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    "Amharic lemmas",
    "Amharic masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sidamo woshsha (“dogs”), reanalysed as a singular.",
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    {
      "form": "wəšša",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሾች",
      "roman": "wəššočč",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዎች",
      "roman": "wəššawočč",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻ",
      "roman": "wəšša",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻው",
      "roman": "wəššaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዋ",
      "roman": "wəššawa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቱ",
      "roman": "wəššayətu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቷ",
      "roman": "wəššayətʷa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻውን",
      "roman": "wəššawən",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዋን",
      "roman": "wəššawan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቱን",
      "roman": "wəššayətun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻይቷን",
      "roman": "wəššayətʷan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻን",
      "roman": "wəššan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዬ",
      "roman": "wəššaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻችን",
      "roman": "wəššaččən",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻህ",
      "roman": "wəššah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻችሁ",
      "roman": "wəššaččəhu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዎ",
      "roman": "wəššawo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻሽ",
      "roman": "wəššaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻችሁ",
      "roman": "wəššaččəhu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዎ",
      "roman": "wəššawo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻው",
      "roman": "wəššaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻዋ",
      "roman": "wəššawa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ውሻቸው",
      "roman": "wəššaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ዉሻ",
      "roman": "wušša",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ውሾች",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "ውሻዎች",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "autotrinfl": "1",
        "f1tr": "wəššočč",
        "f2tr": "wəššawočč",
        "f3tr": "",
        "f4tr": "",
        "f5tr": "",
        "f6tr": "",
        "f7tr": "",
        "f8tr": "",
        "g": "mfbysense",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "wəšša",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "mfbysense",
        "pl": "ውሾች",
        "pl2": "ውሻዎች",
        "tr": "wəšša",
        "trpl": "wəššočč",
        "trpl2": "wəššawočč"
      },
      "expansion": "ውሻ • (wəšša) m or f by sense (plural ውሾች (wəššočč) or ውሻዎች (wəššawočč))",
      "name": "am-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ው‧ሻ"
  ],
  "lang": "Amharic",
  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dog"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fourth stage of drunkenness, characterised by people howling like a dog"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fourth",
          "fourth"
        ],
        [
          "drunkenness",
          "drunkenness"
        ],
        [
          "howl",
          "howl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɨʃːa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ውሻ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ውሻ meaning in Amharic (5.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ውሻ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ውሻ",
  "trace": "started on line 61, detected on line 61"
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'definite subject'",
  "path": [
    "ውሻ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ውሻ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'general object'",
  "path": [
    "ውሻ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ውሻ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "ውሻ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ውሻ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Amharic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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