Afar

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Etymology

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Cognate with Saho geerä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːra/ [ˈɡeːɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: gee‧ra

Noun

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géera m 

  1. tail
  2. remainder
  3. mountain range
  4. source (of a river)

Declension

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Declension of géera
absolutive géera
predicative géera
subjective geerí
genitive geerí
Postpositioned forms
l-case géeral
k-case géerak
t-case géerat
h-case géerah

Derived terms

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References

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