milyaar
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Afar[edit]
[a], [b] ← 1,000 | ← 1,000,000 (106) | 1,000,000,000 (109) | ||
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Cardinal: milyáar |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic مِلْيار (milyār), from French milliard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
milyáar m
Usage notes[edit]
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Milyáar númu. ― A billion people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension[edit]
Declension of milyáar | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | milyáar | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | milyáara | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | milyáar | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | milyáar | |||||||||||||||||
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References[edit]
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197