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garab

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡarab/ [ˈɡʌɾʌb]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧rab

Etymology 1

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Afar numbers (edit)
2 3  → 
    Cardinal: nammáy
    Ordinal: nammaháytu
    Fractional: nússi, gárab

Noun

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gárab m (plural garoobá f)

  1. half
    Synonym: nússi
Declension
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Declension of gárab
absolutive gárab
predicative gáraba
subjective gárab
genitive gárab
Postpositioned forms
l-case gárabal
k-case gárabak
t-case gárabat
h-case gárabah

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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gárab m

  1. plural of garbó
Declension
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Declension of gárab
absolutive gárab
predicative gáraba
subjective gárab
genitive gárab
Postpositioned forms
l-case gárabal
k-case gárabak
t-case gárabat
h-case gárabah

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 110
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics[1], Leiden: Leiden University

Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧rab

Noun

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garab

  1. a scythe-like tool, with a handle similar to that of a bolo, used for clearing vegetation

Mansaka

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Verb

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garab

  1. to cut, to mow

Western Bukidnon Manobo

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Noun

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garab

  1. sickle

Verb

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garab

  1. to cut (with a sickle)

Wolof

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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garab (definite form garab gi)

  1. plant, tree

Noun

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garab (definite form garab bi)

  1. medicine

References

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  • Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003) Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof, Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 139