mareyta

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Afar

Etymology

Singulative of maré (family relationship).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /maˈrejta/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rey‧ta

Noun

maréyta m (plural mareytitté f or maré f)

  1. male lover
  2. friend for whom one would die
Declension
Declension of maréyta
absolutive maréyta
predicative maréyta
subjective mareytí
genitive mareytí
Postpositioned forms
l-case maréytal
k-case maréytak
t-case maréytat
h-case maréytah

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /marejˈta/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rey‧ta

Noun

mareytá f (plural mareytitté f or maré f)

  1. female lover; mistress
Declension
Declension of mareytá
absolutive mareytá
predicative mareytá
subjective mareytá
genitive mareytá
Postpositioned forms
l-case mareytál
k-case mareyták
t-case mareytát
h-case mareytáh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 164
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)