magaala

Afar

Etymology

Related to Somali magaaló.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɡaːˈla/ [mʌɡaːˈlʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gaa‧la

Noun

magaalá f (plural magaaloolá f)

  1. town, village
    • 2006, “Ruut 1:2 [Ruth 1:2]”, in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings]‎[1]:
      Too waqdi Alimelek deqsita num, lab-xayloh nammay kee barra gabat hayya heeh, Yuudâ-baaxok Beetlacam deqsitta magaalak Mooyab deqsita marih baaxo fan dulah gexe.
      So a man called Elimelek, he went together with two sons and a wife, he migrated from a town called Betlehem in Judea to the country of the nation called Moab.

Declension

        Declension of magaalá      
absolutive magaalá
predicative magaalá
subjective magaalá
genitive magaalá
  Postpositioned forms
l-case magaalál
k-case magaalák
t-case magaalát
h-case magaaláh

References

  • Mario Capomazza (1907), “magalà”, in La lingua degli Afar: Vocabulario Italiano-Dankalo e Dankalo-Italiano [The language of the Afar: Italian-Dankal and Dankal-Italian dictionary], Macerata: Unione Tipografica, page 156
  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “magaala”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 196
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Oromo

Adjective

magaala

  1. blackish brown
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