alfi
Afar
| ← 1 | ← 100 | 1,000 | 1,000,000 (106) → | 1,000,000,000 (109) → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: álfi, (obsolete) kúum | ||||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʌlfi/
- Hyphenation: al‧fi
Usage notes
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Alfí númu. ― A thousand people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
| Declension of álfi | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | álfi | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | álfi | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | alfí | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | alfí | |||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (obsolete) kúum
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “àlfi”, 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
Old Norse
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