malab

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Somali malab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlab/ [mʌˈlʌb]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lab

Noun

maláb m 

  1. honey

Declension

Declension of maláb
absolutive maláb
predicative malába
subjective maláb
genitive maláb
Postpositioned forms
l-case malábal
k-case malábak
t-case malábat
h-case malábah

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “malab”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (August 2013) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎[1], Leiden: Leiden University

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Afar maláb, Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Jiiddu malaw.[1]

Noun

malab m

  1. honey

References

  1. ^ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN
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