Afar edit

Etymology 1 edit

From toobokó (siblings) +‎ -yta.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /toːboˈkojta/, [toːbɔˈkɔjtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: too‧bo‧koyta

Noun edit

toobokóyta m (plural toobokó f or toobokoytitté f)

  1. brother
Declension edit
Declension of toobokóyta
absolutive toobokóyta
predicative toobokóyta
subjective toobokoytí
genitive toobokoytí
Postpositioned forms
l-case toobokóytal
k-case toobokóytak
t-case toobokóytat
h-case toobokóytah

Etymology 2 edit

From toobokó (siblings) +‎ -ytá.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /toːbokojˈta/, [toːbɔkɔjˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: too‧bo‧koyta

Noun edit

toobokoytá f (plural toobokó f or toobokoytitté f)

  1. sister
Declension edit
Declension of toobokoytá
absolutive toobokoytá
predicative toobokoytá
subjective toobokoytá
genitive toobokoytá
Postpositioned forms
l-case toobokoytál
k-case toobokoyták
t-case toobokoytát
h-case toobokoytáh

References edit

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tooboko”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN