ቢራቢሮ

Amharic
ቢራቢሮ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /birːaˈbirːo/
  • Hyphenation: ቢራ‧ቢሮ

Noun

ቢራቢሮ • (birrabirro) m or f

  1. butterfly

Usage notes
  • The gender of ቢራቢሮ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either male butterfly (masculine) or female butterfly (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.

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