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Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbalːu/,
- Hyphenation: bal‧lu
Noun
bállu m (plural baallá f)
- uxorial father-in-law
- uxorial brother-in-law
Declension
| Declension of bállu
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| absolutive
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bállu
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| predicative
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bállu
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| subjective
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ballí
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| genitive
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ballí
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Coordinate terms
- balló (“uxorial mother-in-law; uxorial sister-in-law”)
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bàllu”, 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), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Northern Sami
Etymology 1
From ballat + -u.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalluː/
Noun
ballu
- fear
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalːluː/
Verb
balˈlu
- first-person dual imperative of ballat