shimbir

Somali

Shimbir.

Alternative forms

• shinbir

Etymology

From earlier *kimbiró (“bird”), from *kVmb- (“wing”). Compare Qimant ካምቢ (kambi, “wing”). Perhaps related to Proto-Semitic *kanap- (“wing”), whence Amharic ክንፍ (kənf).

Cognate with Rendille chimbir, Aweer shimir, Oromo simbirroo, Afar kimbiró.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪ̀mˈbɪ́r/
• Hyphenation: shim‧bir

Noun

shimbir f (plural shimbiro m)

1. bird

Inflection

declension of shimbir
	singular
absolutive	shimbír
nominative	shimbiri
genitive	shimbiréed
vocative	shimbiryahay

determiners of shimbir
		singular
definite	non-remote	shimbirta
	remote	shimbirtii
demonstrative	proximal	shimbirtan
	medial	shimbirtaas
	distal	shimbirteer
	far distal	shimbirtoo
interrogative		shimbirtee
possessive	mine	shimbirtayda
	yours	shimbirtaada
	his	shimbirtiisa
	her	shimbirteeda
	ours (excl.)	shimbirtayada
	ours (incl.)	shimbirteena
	yours (pl.)	shimbirtiinna
	theirs	shimbirtooda

References

• Reinisch, Leo (1902), Die Somali-Sprache (in German), volume 2, Wien, Austria, page 356