-eyna

See also: eyna

Afar

Alternative forms

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /-ˈejna/, [-ˈɛjnʌ]

Suffix

-éyna

  1. Used to create masculine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a quality, trait or an instrument of an action.
Declension
Declension of -éyna
absolutive -éyna
predicative -éyna
subjective -eyní
genitive -eyní
Postpositioned forms
l-case -éynal
k-case -éynak
t-case -éynat
h-case -éynah

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /-ejˈna/, [-ɛjˈnʌ]

Suffix

-eyná

  1. Used to create feminine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a quality, trait or an instrument of an action.
Declension
Declension of -eyná
absolutive -eyná
predicative -eyná
subjective -eyná
genitive -eyná
Postpositioned forms
l-case -eynál
k-case -eynák
t-case -eynát
h-case -eynáh

Derived terms
Afar terms suffixed with -eyna

References
  • Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 121
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