kataysa

Afar

Pronunciation

• katáysa:
  • (Northern Afar) IPA^(key): /kʌˈtʌjsʌ/
  • (Southern Afar) IPA^(key): /kʌˈtʌjʃʌ/
• kataysá:
  • (Northern Afar) IPA^(key): /kʌtʌjˈsʌ/
  • (Southern Afar) IPA^(key): /kʌtʌjˈʃʌ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧tay‧sa

Noun

katáysa or kataysá m (plural katáysos m)

1. (male) friend

Declension

Declension of katáysa
absolutive	katáysa
predicative	katáysa
subjective	kataysí
genitive	kataysí
Postpositioned forms l-case katáysal k-case katáysak t-case katáysat h-case katáysah

Declension of kataysá
absolutive	kataysá
predicative	kataysá
subjective	kataysí
genitive	kataysí
Postpositioned forms l-case kataysál k-case kataysák t-case kataysát h-case kataysáh

Noun

kataysá f (plural katáysos m)

1. (female) friend

Declension

Declension of kataysá
absolutive	kataysá
predicative	kataysá
subjective	kataysá
genitive	kataysá
Postpositioned forms l-case kataysál k-case kataysák t-case kataysát h-case kataysáh

Derived terms

• kataysiinó
• kataysíinu

 

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 145
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 62