milyaar

Afar

Afar numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  1,000	←  1,000,000 (106)	1,000,000,000 (109)
Cardinal: milyáar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلْيار (milyār), from French milliard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milˈjaːr/ [mɪlˈjaːɾ]
• Hyphenation: mil‧yaar

Noun

milyáar m 

1. billion

Usage notes

• When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:

  Milyáar númu. ― A billion people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of milyáar
absolutive	milyáar
predicative	milyáara
subjective	milyáar
genitive	milyáar
Postpositioned forms l-case milyáaral k-case milyáarak t-case milyáarat h-case milyáarah

References

• 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 197