Afar

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Faransaawí (Frenchmen) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faransaːˈwiːta/ [fʌɾʌnsaːˈwiːtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: Fa‧ran‧saa‧wii‧ta

Noun

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Faransaawíita m (plural Faransaawí f)

  1. Frenchman
Declension
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Declension of Faransaawíita
absolutive Faransaawíita
predicative Faransaawíita
subjective Faransaawiití
genitive Faransaawiití
Postpositioned forms
l-case Faransaawíital
k-case Faransaawíitak
t-case Faransaawíitat
h-case Faransaawíitah

Etymology 2

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From Faransaawí (Frenchmen) +‎ -tá.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faransaːwiːˈta/ [fʌɾʌnsaːwiːˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: Fa‧ran‧saa‧wii‧ta

Noun

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Faransaawiitá f (plural Faransaawí f)

  1. Frenchwoman
Declension
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Declension of Faransaawiitá
absolutive Faransaawiitá
predicative Faransaawiitá
subjective Faransaawiitá
genitive Faransaawiitá
Postpositioned forms
l-case Faransaawiitál
k-case Faransaawiiták
t-case Faransaawiitát
h-case Faransaawiitáh

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
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)