ankara
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Afar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic أَنْكَرَ (ʔankara, “to deny”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ankará f
Declension[edit]
Declension of ankará | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
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References[edit]
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “ankara”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from the same source as ankea with anka- + -ra. Cognate with Karelian ankara.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ankara (comparative ankarampi, superlative ankarin)
- harsh, hard, strict (person)
- harsh, sharp, fierce (weather, winter)
- barren, austere, desolate (landscape)
Usage notes[edit]
- (harsh): "to" is expressed with the allative case.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of ankara (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ankara | ankarat | |
genitive | ankaran | ankarien | |
partitive | ankaraa | ankaria | |
illative | ankaraan | ankariin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ankara | ankarat | |
accusative | nom. | ankara | ankarat |
gen. | ankaran | ||
genitive | ankaran | ankarien ankarainrare | |
partitive | ankaraa | ankaria | |
inessive | ankarassa | ankarissa | |
elative | ankarasta | ankarista | |
illative | ankaraan | ankariin | |
adessive | ankaralla | ankarilla | |
ablative | ankaralta | ankarilta | |
allative | ankaralle | ankarille | |
essive | ankarana | ankarina | |
translative | ankaraksi | ankariksi | |
abessive | ankaratta | ankaritta | |
instructive | — | ankarin | |
comitative | — | ankarine |
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Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ankara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams[edit]
Swahili[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ankara (n class, plural ankara)
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- Afar terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Afar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afar lemmas
- Afar nouns
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- Finnish terms suffixed with -ra
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋkɑrɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋkɑrɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Swahili nouns
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