yangula

Afar

Yangula (1).

Etymology

Cognate with Saho yangula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /janˈɡula/ [jʌŋˈɡʊlʌ]
• Hyphenation: yan‧gu‧la

Noun

yangúla m (plural yangulitté f or yangulwá f)

1. spotted hyena
2. greedy person

Declension

Declension of yangúla
absolutive	yangúla
predicative	yangúla
subjective	yangulí
genitive	yangulí
Postpositioned forms l-case yangúlal k-case yangúlak t-case yangúlat h-case yangúlah

Derived terms

• yangúlta

 

References

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