gulub

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw gurungura, Oromo jilba, Saho gulub, Sidamo guluphpho and Somali jilib, furthermore Amharic ጉልበት (gulbät).

Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”) which undergoes strong metathesis (*birk- > *kirb- > *gilb-). Compare also Proto-Semitic *rigl- (“leg, foot”) as a possible connection.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈlub/ [ɡʊˈlʊb]
  • Hyphenation: gu‧lub

Noun

gulúb m (plural guluubá f)

  1. knee
  2. clan, lineage
    • 2006, “Ruut 1:2 [Ruth 1:2]”, in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings]‎[1]:
      Alimelek akah yoobokem, Efrat deqsitta gulubuk ten.
      When that Elimelek was born, he was part of the clan called Ephrath.

Declension

        Declension of gulúb      
absolutive gulúb
predicative gulúbu
subjective gulúb
genitive gulúb
  Postpositioned forms
l-case gulúbul
k-case gulúbuk
t-case gulúbut
h-case gulúbuh

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gulub”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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