agboyta

Afar

Etymology

From agábu (“women”) +‎ -ytá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡbojˈta/, [ʔʌɡbɔjˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: ag‧boyta

Noun

agboytá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f)

1. (Northern dialects) woman

Declension

Declension of agboytá
absolutive	agboytá
predicative	agboytá
subjective	agboytá
genitive	agboytá
Postpositioned forms l-case agboytál k-case agboyták t-case agboytát h-case agboytáh

Synonyms

• barrá (Southern dialects)

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “agàbu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)