yangula

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Afar

Yangula (1).

Etymology

Cognate with Saho yangula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /janˈɡula/
  • Hyphenation: yan‧gu‧la

Noun

yangúla m (plural yangulitté f or yangulwá f)

  1. spotted hyena
  2. greedy person

Declension

Declension of yangúla
absolutive yangúla
predicative yangúla
subjective yangulí
genitive yangulí
Postpositioned forms
l-case yangúlal
k-case yangúlak
t-case yangúlat
h-case yangúlah

Derived terms

References

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