malcina-taban

Afar

Afar numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  60  ←  69 70 71  →  80  → 
7
    Cardinal: malcina-tabán
    Ordinal: malcina-tabanháytu

Etymology

Univerbation of malciná (“seven”) +‎ tabán (“ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malħiˌnataˈban/ [mʌlħɪˌnʌtʌˈbʌn]
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ci‧na‧ta‧ban

Noun

malcina-tabán m 

  1. seventy

Usage notes

  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Malcina-tabaníh númu. ― Seventy people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of malcina-tabán
absolutive malcina-tabán
predicative malcina-tabána
subjective malcina-tabán
genitive malcina-tabaníh
Postpositioned forms
l-case malcina-tabánal
k-case malcina-tabának
t-case malcina-tabánat
h-case malcina-tabánah

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “malcinà-taban”, 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), page 197
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