culunqa

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Sidamo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji xunga and Hadiyya xuraʼa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʼuˈlunkʼa/
  • Hyphenation: cu‧lun‧qa

Noun

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culunqa f (singulative culunqichcho m)

  1. (collective) fingernails

Declension

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Declension of culunqa (feminine)
unmodified modified
predicative culunqa
nominative culunqa culunqa
genitive culunqate*) culunqa*)
dative culunqate culunqara
accusative culunqa*)
ablative culunqatenni culunqanni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

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  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “culunqa”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
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