"nammay" meaning in Afar

See nammay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /namˈmaj/, [nʌmˈmʌj]
Etymology: From Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma. Cognates include Oromo lama, Sidamo lame and Somali lába, Awngi laŋa. At some point the irregular shift *l > n took place, but the original form is still present in some dialects as lammáy. Etymology templates: {{inh|aa|cus-pro|*ɬa(a)ma}} Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma, {{cog|om|lama}} Oromo lama, {{cog|sid|lame}} Sidamo lame, {{cog|so|lába}} Somali lába, {{cog|awn|laŋa}} Awngi laŋa Head templates: {{head|aa|noun|g=m|head=nammáy}} nammáy m, {{aa-noun|nammáy|g=m|gpl=m|pl=nammammáy}} nammáy m (plural nammammáy m) Inflection templates: {{aa-decl|nammáy|nammáya|nammáy|nammá}} Forms: nammáy [canonical, masculine], nammammáy [masculine, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nammáy [absolutive], nammáya [predicative], nammáy [subjective], nammá [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], nammáyal [l-case, with-postposition], nammáyak [k-case, with-postposition], nammáyat [t-case, with-postposition], nammáyah [h-case, with-postposition]
  1. two, duo Categories (topical): Afar cardinal numbers Synonyms: lammáy Derived forms: nammabagité
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "nammáyat",
      "source": "declension",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "nammabagité"
        }
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          "word": "lammáy"
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      "ipa": "/namˈmaj/"
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      "ipa": "[nʌmˈmʌj]"
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        "2": "lame"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "nammáya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "nammáy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "nammá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nammáyal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nammáyak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "k-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nammáyat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "t-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
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      "form": "nammáyah",
      "source": "declension",
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        "two, duo"
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    {
      "ipa": "/namˈmaj/"
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      "ipa": "[nʌmˈmʌj]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "lammáy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nammay"
}

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