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Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /labaːˈtanːa/
- Hyphenation: la‧baa‧tan‧na
Noun
labaatánna m (plural labaatannitté f)
- twenty
Usage notes
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Labaatanní númu. ― Twenty people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
| Declension of labaatánna
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| absolutive
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labaatánna
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| predicative
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labaatánna
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| subjective
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labaatanní
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| genitive
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labaatanní
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References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “labaatànna”, 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