qanay

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Afar

Qanay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʕanaj/
  • Hyphenation: qa‧nay

Noun

qánay m (singulative qanáytu m, plural qanaytitté f)

  1. (collective) locusts

Declension

Declension of qánay
absolutive qánay
predicative qánaya
subjective qánay
genitive qánay
Postpositioned forms
l-case qánayal
k-case qánayak
t-case qánayat
h-case qánayah

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qànay”, 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 32