Soomaaliita
Afar
Etymology
Singulative of Soomaalí (“Somali people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soːmaːˈliːtʌ/, /soːmaːliːˈtʌ/
Noun
Soomaalíita m or Soomaaliitá f (plural Soomaalí f)
- Somali person
Usage notes
- Soomaalíita is used to denote a Somali man, while Soomaaliitá is used to denote a Somali woman.
References
- 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.
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis).