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Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw gurungura, Oromo jilba, Saho gulub, Sidamo guluphpho and Somali jilib, furthermore Amharic ጉልበት (gulbät).
Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”) which undergoes strong metathesis (*birk- > *kirb- > *gilb-). Compare also Proto-Semitic *rigl- (“leg, foot”) as a possible connection.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuˈlub/
- Hyphenation: gu‧lub
Noun
gulúb m (plural guluubá f)
- knee
- lineage
Declension
| Declension of gulúb
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| absolutive
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gulúb
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| predicative
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gulúbu
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| subjective
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gulúb
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| genitive
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References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gulub”, 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)