labhaytu
Afar
Etymology
From labhá (“men”) + -ytu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʌbˈhʌjtu/
- Hyphenation: lab‧hay‧tu
Noun
labháytu m (feminine labhaytó, plural labhá f)
- superior man (one possessing many good qualities, like strength or cunning)
Declension
Declension of labháytu | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | labháytu | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | labháytu | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | labhaytí | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | labhaytí | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “labhàytu”, 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)