Afar

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Qoobariyta.

Etymology

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From qoobaarí (dolphins) +‎ -ytá.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕoːbaːrijˈta/ [ʕoːbaːɾɪjˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: qoo‧baa‧riy‧ta

Noun

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qoobaariytá f (plural qoobaarí f)

  1. dolphin, porpoise

Declension

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Declension of qoobaariytá
absolutive qoobaariytá
predicative qoobaariytá
subjective qoobaariytá
genitive qoobaariytá
Postpositioned forms
l-case qoobaariytál
k-case qoobaariyták
t-case qoobaariytát
h-case qoobaariytáh

References

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  • Didier Morin (2012) “QOOBAARI”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, →ISBN, page 188
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)