lagaddu

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Afar

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Etymology

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From lagaadé (lambs) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈɡadːu/ [lʌˈɡʌdːʊ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧gad‧du

Noun

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lagáddu m (feminine lagaddó, plural lagaadé f)

  1. male lamb

Declension

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Declension of lagáddu
absolutive lagáddu
predicative lagáddu
subjective lagaddí
genitive lagaddí
Postpositioned forms
l-case lagáddul
k-case lagádduk
t-case lagáddut
h-case lagádduh

References

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