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Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Somali malab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlab/,
- Hyphenation: ma‧lab
Noun
maláb m
- honey
Declension
| Declension of maláb
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| absolutive
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maláb
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| predicative
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malába
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| subjective
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maláb
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| genitive
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maláb
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References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “malab”, 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
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Afar maláb, Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Jiiddu malaw.
Noun
malab m
- honey
References
- ^ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN