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- IPA(key): /ˈʕamːi/ [ˈʕamːɪ]
- Hyphenation: qam‧mi
qámmi m (plural qammitté f)
- paternal uncle
- When followed by another noun or proper noun, the word elides to qám:
- Yi qám Káamil. ― My uncle Káamil.
Declension of qámmi
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absolutive
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qámmi
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predicative
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qámmi
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subjective
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qammí
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genitive
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qammí
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- anná (“aunt”)
- ábu (“maternal uncle”)
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qàmmi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 26