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Afar
[edit]| [a], [b] ← 30 | ← 39 | 40 | 41 → | 50 → [a], [b] |
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| Cardinal: morootóm, affara-tabán Ordinal: morootomháytu, affara-tabanháytu | ||||
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morootóm m (plural morootomitté f)
Usage notes
[edit]- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Morootóm númu. ― Forty people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of morootóm | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | morootóm | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | morootómu | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | morootóm | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | morootóm | |||||||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “morootom”, 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 77
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197