naqaboyta

Afar

Etymology 1

From naqábu (“anger, rage”) +‎ -yta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naʕaˈbojta/ [nʌʕaˈbɔjtʌ]
• Hyphenation: na‧qa‧boy‧ta

Noun

naqabóyta m (plural naqabtóoli m or naqaboytitté f)

1. male enemy

Declension

Declension of naqabóyta

absolutive naqabóyta predicative naqabóyta subjective naqaboytí genitive naqaboytí Postpositioned forms l-case naqabóytal k-case naqabóytak t-case naqabóytat h-case naqabóytah

Etymology 2

From naqábu (“anger, rage”) +‎ -ytá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naʕabojˈta/ [nʌʕabɔjˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: na‧qa‧boy‧ta

Noun

naqaboytá f (plural naqabtóoli m or naqaboytitté f)

1. female enemy

Declension

Declension of naqaboytá

absolutive naqaboytá predicative naqaboytá subjective naqaboytá genitive naqaboytá Postpositioned forms l-case naqaboytál k-case naqaboyták t-case naqaboytát h-case naqaboytáh

References

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