buyyi

Afar

Buyyi.

Alternative forms

• búyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbujːi/ [ˈbʊjːɪ]
• Hyphenation: buy‧yi

Noun

búyyi m (plural buyyá f or buyyaayá f)

1. shallow well (for getting water)

Declension

Declension of búyyi
absolutive	búyyi
predicative	búyyi
subjective	buyyí
genitive	buyyí
Postpositioned forms l-case búyyil k-case búyyik t-case búyyit h-case búyyih

See also

• qéela (“well”)

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 32
• 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 180