Afar

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡubuˈna/ [ɡʊbʊˈnʌ]
  • Hyphenation: gu‧bu‧na

Noun

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gubuná f (plural gúbun m)

  1. widow

Usage notes

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  • gubuná is used for a widow that only recently lost her husband, during the four months and ten days that she has to stay confined to her home, following the Afar tradition.

Declension

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Declension of gubuná
absolutive gubuná
predicative gubuná
subjective gubuná
genitive gubuná
Postpositioned forms
l-case gubunál
k-case gubunák
t-case gubunát
h-case gubunáh

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 33
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)