burtukan

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed either from Amharic ብርቱካን (bərtukan) or directly from Arabic بُرْتُقَان (burtuqān). Compare Sidamo burtukaane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /burtuˈkan/ [bʊɾtʊˈkʌn]
  • Hyphenation: bur‧tu‧kan

Noun

burtukán m

  1. orange (fruit)

Declension

        Declension of burtukán      
absolutive burtukán
predicative burtukáana
subjective burtukán
genitive burtukán
  Postpositioned forms
l-case burtukáanal
k-case burtukáanak
t-case burtukáanat
h-case burtukáanah

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “burtukan”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
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