barraytu

Afar

Etymology

Formed as a regular diminutive of barrá (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barˈrajtu/, [bʌrˈrʌjtʊ]
• Hyphenation: bar‧raytu

Noun

barráytu m (feminine barraytó)

1. wimp, weak person

Synonyms

• numoyta

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)