kiis

See also: -kiis

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كِيس (kīs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːs/ [ˈkiːs]
  • Hyphenation: kiis

Noun

kíis m (plural kiisitté f or kiiswá f or akyáas m or kuyúus m or kiisá f)

  1. sack, bag
  2. envelope

Declension

        Declension of kíis      
absolutive kíis
predicative kíisi
subjective kíis
genitive kíis
  Postpositioned forms
l-case kíisil
k-case kíisik
t-case kíisit
h-case kíisih

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “kiis”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Didier Morin (2012), “kiis”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, →ISBN
  • 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 441

Somali

Alternative forms

  • kíish

Etymology

From Arabic كِيس (kīs).

Noun

kiis f

  1. draw-top bag
  2. pocket
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