idaltu

Afar

Etymology

From idoolá (“elders”) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iˈdaltu/, [ʔɪˈdʌltʊ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧dal‧tu

Noun

idáltu m (feminine idaltó, plural idoolá f or idalwá f)

  1. old man

Declension
Declension of idáltu
absolutive idáltu
predicative idáltu
subjective idaltí
genitive idaltí
Postpositioned forms
l-case idáltul
k-case idáltuk
t-case idáltut
h-case idáltuh

Descendants
  • → Translingual: Homo sapiens idaltu

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “idaltu”, 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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