idalto

Afar

Etymology

From idoolá (“elders”) +‎ -tó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /idalˈto/ [ʔɪdʌlˈtɔ]
• Hyphenation: i‧dal‧to

Noun

idaltó f (masculine idáltu, plural idoolá f or idalwá f)

1. old woman

Declension

Declension of idaltó
absolutive	idaltó
predicative	idaltó
subjective	idaltó
genitive	idaltó
Postpositioned forms l-case idaltól k-case idaltók t-case idaltót h-case idaltóh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “idalto”, 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)