goroyya

Afar

Goroyya.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo guuchii, Somali gorayo and Saho gooriya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡorojˈja/ [ɡɔɾɔjˈjʌ]
• Hyphenation: go‧roy‧ya

Noun

goroyyá f (plural góray m or góroy m or goroyyaayí f)

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of goroyyá
absolutive	goroyyá
predicative	goroyyá
subjective	goroyyá
genitive	goroyyá
Postpositioned forms l-case goroyyál k-case goroyyák t-case goroyyát h-case goroyyáh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “goroyya”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)