yayya

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Afar

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Somali hooyo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jajˈja/
  • Hyphenation: yay‧ya

Noun

yayyá f 

  1. mum

Declension

Declension of yayyá
absolutive yayyá
predicative yayyá
subjective yayyá
genitive yayyá
Postpositioned forms
l-case yayyál
k-case yayyák
t-case yayyát
h-case yayyáh

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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