Afar

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Qadaalaytu.

Etymology

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From qadáala (gnats) +‎ -ytu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕadaːˈlajtu/ [ʕadaːˈlʌjtʊ]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧daa‧lay‧tu

Noun

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qadaaláytu m (plural qadáala m)

  1. gnat

Declension

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Declension of qadaaláytu
absolutive qadaaláytu
predicative qadaaláytu
subjective qadaalaytí
genitive qadaalaytí
Postpositioned forms
l-case qadaaláytul
k-case qadaaláytuk
t-case qadaaláytut
h-case qadaaláytuh

References

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  • Didier Morin (2012) “QADAALA”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, →ISBN, page 144
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)