ballu

See also: baļļu

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalːu/ [ˈbʌlːʊ]
• Hyphenation: bal‧lu

Noun

bállu m (plural baallá f)

1. uxorial father-in-law
2. uxorial brother-in-law

Declension

Declension of bállu
absolutive	bállu
predicative	bállu
subjective	ballí
genitive	ballí
Postpositioned forms l-case bállul k-case bálluk t-case bállut h-case bálluh

Coordinate terms

• balló (“uxorial mother-in-law; uxorial sister-in-law”)

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bàllu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Northern Sami

Etymology 1

From ballat +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalluː/

Noun

ballu

1. fear

Inflection

Even u-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	ballu
Genitive	balu balọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ballu	balut
Accusative	balu	balūid
Genitive	balu balọ	balūid
Illative	ballui	balūide
Locative	balus	balūin
Comitative	balūin	balūiguin
Essive	ballun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ballon ballome ballomet 2nd person ballot ballode ballodet 3rd person ballus balluska balluset

Derived terms

• baluheapmẹ

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalːluː/

Verb

balˈlu

1. first-person dual imperative of ballat