-eena

Afar

Alternative forms

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /-ˈeːna/ [-ˈeːnʌ]

Suffix

-éena

  1. Used to create masculine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a person having the quality or trait of an action.
Declension
        Declension of -éena      
absolutive -éena
predicative -éena
subjective -eení
genitive -eení
  Postpositioned forms
l-case -éenal
k-case -éenak
t-case -éenat
h-case -éenah

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /-eːˈna/ [-eːˈnʌ]

Suffix

-eená

  1. Used to create feminine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a person having the quality or trait of an action.
Declension
        Declension of -eená      
absolutive -eená
predicative -eená
subjective -eená
genitive -eená
  Postpositioned forms
l-case -eenál
k-case -eenák
t-case -eenát
h-case -eenáh

Derived terms

Afar terms suffixed with -eena
alkumeena
bissoyseena
cillaaleena

References

  • Enid M. Parker (2006), English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 121
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