soddom
Afar
| [a], [b] ← 20 | ← 29 | 30 | 31 → | 40 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ||||
| Cardinal: soddóm, sidica-tabán Ordinal: soddomháytu, sidica-tabanháytu | ||||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sodˈdom/
- Hyphenation: sod‧dom
Noun
soddóm m
- thirty
Usage notes
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Soddóm númu. ― Thirty people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
| Declension of soddóm | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | soddóm | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | soddómu | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | soddóm | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | soddóm | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “soddom”, 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