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Borrowed from Italian macchina, from Latin machina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).
- IPA(key): /ˈməkina/
- Hyphenation: መ‧ኪ‧ና
መኪና • (mäkina) m
- automobile, car
- machine
- lorry, truck
- typewriter
Definiteness forms of መኪና (mäkina)
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Masculine
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| Indefinite
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መኪና (mäkina)
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| Definite subject
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መኪናው (mäkinaw)
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| Definite object
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መኪናውን (mäkinawən)
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| General object
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መኪናን (mäkinan)
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Possessive forms of መኪና (mäkina)
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Singular
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Plural
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Formal
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| First person
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መኪናዬ (mäkinaye)
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መኪናችን (mäkinaččən)
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—
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| Second person
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m
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መኪናህ (mäkinah)
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መኪናችሁ (mäkinaččəhu)
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መኪናዎ (mäkinawo)
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| f
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መኪናሽ (mäkinaš)
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| Third person
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m
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መኪናው (mäkinaw)
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መኪናቸው (mäkinaččäw)
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| f
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መኪናዋ (mäkinawa)
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- 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
