taban kee konoy

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Afar

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Afar numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: tabán kee konóy
    Ordinal: tabán kee konoyháytu

Etymology

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Literally: "Ten and five".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˌban keː koˈnoj/ [tʌˌbʌn keː kɔˈnɔj]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ban kee ko‧noy

Noun

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tabán kee konóy m 

  1. fifteen

Usage notes

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  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Tabán kee kooná númu.Fifteen people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

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Declension of taban kee konoy: see konóy

References

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  • 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 196