gaalaytu

Afar

Gaalaytu.

Etymology

From gáala (“camels”) +‎ -ytu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːˈlajtu/, [ɡaːˈlʌjtʊ]
• Hyphenation: gaa‧laytu

Noun

gaaláytu m (plural gáala f)

1. camel

Declension

Declension of gaaláytu
absolutive	gaaláytu
predicative	gaaláytu
subjective	gaalaytí
genitive	gaalaytí
Postpositioned forms l-case gaaláytul k-case gaaláytuk t-case gaaláytut h-case gaaláytuh

Hyponyms

• rakúb (“male camel”)
• alá (“female camel”)

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)