Afar edit

Afar numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  20  ←  29 30 31  →  40  → [a], [b]
3
    Cardinal: soddóm, sidica-tabán
    Ordinal: soddomháytu, sidica-tabanháytu

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sodˈdom/, [sɔdˈdɔm]
  • Hyphenation: sod‧dom

Noun edit

soddóm m 

  1. thirty

Usage notes edit

  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Soddóm númu.Thirty people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension edit

Declension of soddóm
absolutive soddóm
predicative soddómu
subjective soddóm
genitive soddóm
Postpositioned forms
l-case soddómul
k-case soddómuk
t-case soddómut
h-case soddómuh

References edit

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “soddom”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
  • 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 197