-eena

Afar

Alternative forms

• -eyna (inanimate)

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /-ˈeːna/, [-ˈeːnʌ]

Suffix

-éena

1. Used to create masculine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a person having the quality or trait of an action.

Declension

Declension of -éena
absolutive	-éena
predicative	-éena
subjective	-eení
genitive	-eení
Postpositioned forms l-case -éenal k-case -éenak t-case -éenat h-case -éenah

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /-eːˈna/, [-eːˈnʌ]

Suffix

-eená

1. Used to create feminine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a person having the quality or trait of an action.

Declension

Declension of -eená
absolutive	-eená
predicative	-eená
subjective	-eená
genitive	-eená
Postpositioned forms l-case -eenál k-case -eenák t-case -eenát h-case -eenáh

Derived terms

Afar terms suffixed with -eena

References

• Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 121