maloob

Beja

Beja cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : maloob

Etymology

Perhaps metathesized from earlier *lamaab, from Proto-Cushitic *ɬam- (“two”), with the unmetathesized form preserved in asaramaab.

Numeral

maloob m (feminine maloot)

  1. two

References

  • Reinisch, Leo (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎[1] (in German), Wien, Austria, page 365
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