nammay

Afar

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Cardinal: nammáy     Ordinal: nammaháytu     Fractional: nússi, gárab

Alternative forms

• lammáy

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma. Cognates include Oromo lama, Sidamo lame and Somali lába, Awngi laŋa.

At some point the irregular shift *l > n took place, but the original form is still present in some dialects as lammáy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /namˈmaj/, [nʌmˈmʌj]
• Hyphenation: nam‧may

Noun

nammáy m (plural nammammáy m)

1. two, duo

Usage notes

• When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:

  Nammá númu. ― Two people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of nammáy
absolutive	nammáy
predicative	nammáya
subjective	nammáy
genitive	nammá
Postpositioned forms l-case nammáyal k-case nammáyak t-case nammáyat h-case nammáyah

Derived terms

• nammabagité

 

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nammay”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN