figgaan

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiɡˈɡaːn/
  • Hyphenation: fig‧gaan

Noun

figgáan m (plural figáagin m)

  1. glass, cup

Declension

Declension of figgáan
absolutive figgáan
predicative figgáana
subjective figgáan
genitive figgáan
Postpositioned forms
l-case figgáanal
k-case figgáanak
t-case figgáanat
h-case figgáanah

References

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