malab
Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Somali malab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʌˈlʌb/
- Hyphenation: ma‧lab
Noun
maláb m
- honey
Declension
| Declension of maláb | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | maláb | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | malába | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | maláb | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | maláb | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “malab”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle; Mohamed Hassan Kamil (Aug 2013), “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden: Leiden University
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Afar maláb, Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Jiiddu malaw[1].
Noun
malab m
- honey
References
- Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN