qeela

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Afar

Qeela.

Etymology

Cognate with Saho ceela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʕeːla/,
  • Hyphenation: qee‧la

Noun

qéela m (plural qeelitté f or qelwá f)

  1. well (for getting water)

Declension

Declension of qéela
absolutive qéela
predicative qéela
subjective qeelí
genitive qeelí
Postpositioned forms
l-case qéelal
k-case qéelak
t-case qéelat
h-case qéelah

See also

References

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