laahinti

Afar

Laahinti.

Etymology

Univerbation of laahí (“of a cow”) +‎ intí (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːhinˈti/ [laːhɪnˈtɪ]
• Hyphenation: laa‧hin‧ti

Noun

laahintí f 

1. butterfly, moth

Declension

Declension of laahintí

absolutive laahintí predicative laahintí subjective laahintí genitive laahintí Postpositioned forms l-case laahintíl k-case laahintík t-case laahintít h-case laahintíh

Synonyms

• birambirró

References

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