-eena

Afar

Alternative forms

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /-ˈeːna/, [-ˈeːnʌ]

Suffix

-éena

  1. Used to create masculine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a person having the quality or trait of an action.
Declension
Declension of -éena
absolutive -éena
predicative -éena
subjective -eení
genitive -eení
Postpositioned forms
l-case -éenal
k-case -éenak
t-case -éenat
h-case -éenah

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /-eːˈna/, [-eːˈnʌ]

Suffix

-eená

  1. Used to create feminine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a person having the quality or trait of an action.
Declension
Declension of -eená
absolutive -eená
predicative -eená
subjective -eená
genitive -eená
Postpositioned forms
l-case -eenál
k-case -eenák
t-case -eenát
h-case -eenáh

Derived terms
Afar terms suffixed with -eena

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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