gulub
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Afar
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-Cushitic . Cognates include Iraqw gurungura , Oromo jilba , Saho gulub , Sidamo guluphpho and Somali jilib , furthermore Amharic ጉልበት (gulbät).
Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *birk- ("knee") which undergoes strong metathesis (*birk- > *kirb- > *gilb-). Compare also Proto-Semitic *rigl- ("leg, foot") as a possible connection.
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]gulúb m (plural guluubá f)
- knee
- clan, lineage
- 2006, "Ruut 1:2 [Ruth 1:2]", in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings][1] :
- Alimelek akah yoobokem, Efrat deqsitta gulubuk ten.
- When that Elimelek was born, he was part of the clan called Ephrath.
Declension
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| absolutive | gulúb | ||||||||||
| predicative | gulúbu | ||||||||||
| subjective | gulúb | ||||||||||
| genitive | gulúb | ||||||||||
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References
[edit ]- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), "gulub", 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)[2] , Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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