Afar
Etymology
From agábu (“women”) + -ytá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡbojˈta/ [ʔʌɡbɔjˈtʌ]
- Hyphenation: ag‧boy‧ta
Noun
agboytá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f)
- (Northern dialects) woman
Declension
Declension of agboytá
| absolutive
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agboytá
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| predicative
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agboytá
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| subjective
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agboytá
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| genitive
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agboytá
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Synonyms
- barrá (Southern dialects)
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “agàbu”, 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)