naqaboyta

Afar

Etymology 1

From naqábu (“anger, rage”) +‎ -yta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʕaˈbojta/ [nʌʕaˈbɔjtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧qa‧boy‧ta

Noun

naqabóyta m (plural naqabtóoli m or naqaboytitté f)

  1. male enemy
Declension
Declension of naqabóyta
absolutive naqabóyta
predicative naqabóyta
subjective naqaboytí
genitive naqaboytí
Postpositioned forms
l-case naqabóytal
k-case naqabóytak
t-case naqabóytat
h-case naqabóytah

Etymology 2

From naqábu (“anger, rage”) +‎ -ytá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʕabojˈta/ [nʌʕabɔjˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧qa‧boy‧ta

Noun

naqaboytá f (plural naqabtóoli m or naqaboytitté f)

  1. female enemy
Declension
Declension of naqaboytá
absolutive naqaboytá
predicative naqaboytá
subjective naqaboytá
genitive naqaboytá
Postpositioned forms
l-case naqaboytál
k-case naqaboyták
t-case naqaboytát
h-case naqaboytáh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “naqabòyta”, 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)
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