Afar

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Etymology

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From Tigrinya ሓበሻ (ḥabäša) and similar forms.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħabˈsa/ [ħʌbˈsʌ]
  • Hyphenation: Cab‧sa

Noun

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Cabsá f (singulative Cabsíita m or Cabsiitá f)

  1. (collective) Ethiopian people

Declension

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Declension of Cabsá
absolutive Cabsá
predicative Cabsá
subjective Cabsá
genitive Cabsá
Postpositioned forms
l-case Cabsál
k-case Cabsák
t-case Cabsát
h-case Cabsáh

References

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  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics[1], Leiden: Leiden University