dimmatoyta

Afar

Etymology 1

Dimmatoyta (1).

From dimmattó (“cats”) +‎ -yta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dimːaˈtojta/ [dɪmːʌˈtɔjtʌ]
• Hyphenation: dim‧ma‧toy‧ta

Noun

dimmatóyta m (plural dimmattó f)

1. (Southern Afar) male cat

Declension

Declension of dimmatóyta

absolutive dimmatóyta predicative dimmatóyta subjective dimmatoytí genitive dimmatoytí Postpositioned forms l-case dimmatóytal k-case dimmatóytak t-case dimmatóytat h-case dimmatóytah

Synonyms

• (Northern Afar) dummúuta

Etymology 2

Dimmatoyta (2).

From dimmattó (“cats”) +‎ -ytá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dimːatojˈta/ [dɪmːʌtɔjˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: dim‧ma‧toy‧ta

Noun

dimmatoytá f (plural dimmattó f)

1. (Southern Afar) female cat

Declension

Declension of dimmatoytá

absolutive dimmatoytá predicative dimmatoytá subjective dimmatoytá genitive dimmatoytá Postpositioned forms l-case dimmatoytál k-case dimmatoyták t-case dimmatoytát h-case dimmatoytáh

Synonyms

• (Northern Afar) dummuutá

References

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