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Afar
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡubuˈna/,
- Hyphenation: gu‧bu‧na
Noun
gubuná f (plural gúbun m)
- widow
Usage notes
- gubuná is used for a widow that only recently lost her husband, during the four months and ten days that she has to stay confined to her home, following the Afar tradition.
Declension
| Declension of gubuná
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| absolutive
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gubuná
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| predicative
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gubuná
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| subjective
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gubuná
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| genitive
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gubuná
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References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 33
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)