qulul

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho culul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕuˈlul/ [ʕuˈlʊl]
  • Hyphenation: qu‧lul

Noun

qulúl m

  1. famine
    • 2006, “Ruut 1:1 [Ruth 1:1]”, in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings]‎[1]:
      Makaabon Israayil baaxol dardaarak ten saaku, Israayil baaxol qulul rade.
      When the judges were ruling in the land of Israel, a famine fell upon the land of Israel.

Declension

        Declension of qulúl      
absolutive qulúl
predicative qulúlu
subjective qulúl
genitive qulúl
  Postpositioned forms
l-case qulúlul
k-case qulúluk
t-case qulúlut
h-case qulúluh

Verb

qulul

  1. imperative singular of qululé
  • qululé (“be starving”), qulá (“starving person having to slaughter a camel”)

References

  • Mario Capomazza (1907), “ululu”, 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 177
  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “qulul”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
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