cangoyseyna

Afar

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Cangoyseyna.

Etymology

From cangoyisé (“lick out a dish”) +‎ -éyna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħanɡojˈsejna/ [ħʌŋɡɔjˈsɛjnʌ]
• Hyphenation: can‧goy‧sey‧na

Noun

cangoyséyna m (plural cangoyseynitté f)

1. index finger

Declension

Declension of cangoyséyna

absolutive cangoyséyna predicative cangoyséyna subjective cangoyseyní genitive cangoyseyní Postpositioned forms l-case cangoyséynal k-case cangoyséynak t-case cangoyséynat h-case cangoyséynah

References

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