taban kee konoy

Afar
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    Cardinal: tabán kee konóy
    Ordinal: tabán kee konoyháytu

Etymology

Literally: "Ten and five".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʌˌbʌn keː koˈnoj/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ban kee ko‧noy

Noun

tabán kee konóy m 

  1. fifteen

Usage notes
  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Tabán kee kooná númu. ― Fifteen people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension
Declension of taban kee konoy: see konóy

References
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 196
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