sagla-taban

Afar

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9
    Cardinal: sagla-tabán
    Ordinal: sagla-tabanháytu

Etymology

Univerbation of saglá (“nine”) +‎ tabán (“ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɡˌlataˈban/ [sʌɡˌlʌtʌˈbʌn]
  • Hyphenation: sag‧la‧ta‧ban

Noun

sagla-tabán m 

  1. ninety

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of sagla-tabán
absolutive sagla-tabán
predicative sagla-tabaná
subjective sagla-tabán
genitive sagla-tabaníh
Postpositioned forms
l-case sagla-tabanál
k-case sagla-tabanák
t-case sagla-tabanát
h-case sagla-tabanáh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 232
  • 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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