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Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtom/
- Hyphenation: kon‧tom
Noun
kontóm m
- fifty
Usage notes
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Kontóm númu. ― Fifty people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
| Declension of kontóm
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| absolutive
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kontóm
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| predicative
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kontómu
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| subjective
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kontóm
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| genitive
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kontóm
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References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kontom”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
kontom n
- dative plural of konto