nammay
Afar edit
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Cardinal: nammáy Ordinal: nammaháytu Fractional: nússi, gárab |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma. Cognates include Oromo lama, Sidamo lame and Somali lába, Awngi laŋa.
At some point the irregular shift *l > n took place, but the original form is still present in some dialects as lammáy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nammáy m (plural nammammáy m)
Usage notes edit
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Nammá númu. ― Two people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension edit
Declension of nammáy | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | nammáy | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | nammáya | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | nammáy | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | nammá | |||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nammay”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN