gubuna

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Afar[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡubuˈna/, [ɡʊbʊˈnʌ]
  • Hyphenation: gu‧bu‧na

Noun[edit]

gubuná f (plural gúbun m)

  1. widow

Usage notes[edit]

  • gubuná is used for a widow that only recently lost her husband, during the four months and ten days that she has to stay confined to her home, following the Afar tradition.

Declension[edit]

Declension of gubuná
absolutive gubuná
predicative gubuná
subjective gubuná
genitive gubuná
Postpositioned forms
l-case gubunál
k-case gubunák
t-case gubunát
h-case gubunáh

References[edit]

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 33
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)