-aba

From abé (“to make”).

• IPA^(key): /-aba/ [-ʌbʌ]

-aba f (masculine -abe)

1. Used to form feminine nouns denoting a maker or performer of the suffixed noun.

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “...àba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

From Latin -ābam (first person) and -ābat (third person).

-aba

1. suffix indicating the first-person singular imperfect indicative of -ar verbs
2. suffix indicating the third-person singular imperfect indicative of -ar verbs

• -ía