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Afar
Etymology
From idoolá (“elders”) + -tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈdaltu/,
- Hyphenation: i‧dal‧tu
Noun
idáltu m (feminine idaltó, plural idoolá f or idalwá f)
- old man
Declension
| Declension of idáltu
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| absolutive
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idáltu
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| predicative
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idáltu
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| subjective
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idaltí
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| genitive
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idaltí
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Descendants
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “idaltu”, 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)