naqaboyta

Afar

Etymology 1

From naqábu (anger, rage) +‎ -yta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʕaˈbojta/ [nʌʕaˈbɔjtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧qa‧boy‧ta

Noun

naqabóyta m (plural naqabtóoli m or naqaboytitté f)

  1. male enemy
Declension
        Declension of naqabóyta      
absolutive naqabóyta
predicative naqabóyta
subjective naqaboytí
genitive naqaboytí
  Postpositioned forms
l-case naqabóytal
k-case naqabóytak
t-case naqabóytat
h-case naqabóytah

Etymology 2

From naqábu (anger, rage) +‎ -ytá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʕabojˈta/ [nʌʕabɔjˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧qa‧boy‧ta

Noun

naqaboytá f (plural naqabtóoli m or naqaboytitté f)

  1. female enemy
Declension
        Declension of naqaboytá      
absolutive naqaboytá
predicative naqaboytá
subjective naqaboytá
genitive naqaboytá
  Postpositioned forms
l-case naqaboytál
k-case naqaboyták
t-case naqaboytát
h-case naqaboytáh

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “naqabòyta”, 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)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)