sagla-taban
Afar
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9 | ||||
Cardinal: sagla-tabán Ordinal: sagla-tabanháytu |
Etymology
editUniverbation of saglá (“nine”) + tabán (“ten”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsagla-tabán m
Usage notes
edit- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Sagla-tabaníh númu. ― Ninety people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
editDeclension of sagla-tabán | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | sagla-tabán | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | sagla-tabaná | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | sagla-tabán | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | sagla-tabaníh | |||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 232
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197