Afar

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Etymology

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From nargó (female camel) +‎ -ytó.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nariɡˈto/ [nʌɾɪɡˈtɔ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧rig‧to

Noun

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narigtó f (masculine narígtu, plural nariigé f)

  1. diminutive of nargó: weak baby female camel

Declension

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Declension of narigtó
absolutive narigtó
predicative narigtó
subjective narigtó
genitive narigtó
Postpositioned forms
l-case narigtól
k-case narigtók
t-case narigtót
h-case narigtóh

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “narigto”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)