kullum

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English

Noun

kullum (plural kullums)

  1. Alternative form of coolung

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo qurxummii, Sidamo qilximme, Somali kaluun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulːum/
  • Hyphenation: kul‧lum

Noun

kúllum m (singulative kullúnta m)

  1. (collective) fish

Declension

Declension of kúllum
absolutive kúllum
predicative kúlluumu
subjective kúllum
genitive kúllum
Postpositioned forms
l-case kúlluumul
k-case kúlluumuk
t-case kúlluumut
h-case kúlluumuh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kullum”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden: Leiden University
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

Adverb

kullum

  1. always
  2. every (followed by a unit of time)