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- IPA(key): /moroːˈtom/ [mɔɾoːˈtɔm]
- Hyphenation: mo‧roo‧tom
morootóm m (plural morootomitté f)
- forty
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Morootóm númu. ― Forty people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension of morootóm
absolutive
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morootóm
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predicative
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morootómu
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subjective
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morootóm
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genitive
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morootóm
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- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “morootom”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
- 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