nammay
Afar
[edit]| 20[a], [b] | ||
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| Cardinal: nammáy Ordinal: nammaháytu Fractional: nússi, gárab | ||
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma. Cognates include Oromo lama, Sidamo lame and Somali lába, Awngi laŋa.
At some point the irregular shift *l > n took place, but the original form is still present in some dialects as lammáy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nammáy m (plural nammammáy m)
Usage notes
[edit]- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Nammá númu. ― Two people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
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| absolutive | nammáy | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | nammáya | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | nammáy | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | nammá | |||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nammay”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN