labaatanna
Afar
| ← 10 | ← 19 | 20 | 21 → | 30 → [a], [b] |
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| 2 | ||||
| Cardinal: labaatánna, namma-tabán Ordinal: labatanniháytu, namma-tabanháytu | ||||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʌbaːˈtʌnːʌ/
- Hyphenation: la‧baa‧tan‧na
Noun
labaatánna m (plural labaatannitté f)
- twenty
Usage notes
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Labaatanní númu. ― Twenty people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
| Declension of labaatánna | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | labaatánna | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | labaatánna | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | labaatanní | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | labaatanní | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “labaatànna”, 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), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197