dakanu

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Afar

Dakanu.

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ዝሆን (zəhon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈkanu/
  • Hyphenation: da‧ka‧nu

Noun

dakánu m (plural dakanitté f or dakanwá f)

  1. elephant

Declension

Declension of dakánu
absolutive dakánu
predicative dakánu
subjective dakaní
genitive dakaní
Postpositioned forms
l-case dakánul
k-case dakánuk
t-case dakánut
h-case dakánuh

References

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