Aafrika

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑˑfrikɑ/, [ˈɑˑfrikˑɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑˑfrikɑ
• Hyphenation: Aaf‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Aafrika (genitive Aafrika, partitive Aafrikat)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Usage notes

• The plural can be formed but does not normally occur.

Declension

Declension of Aafrika (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Aafrika	Aafrikad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Aafrika
genitive			Aafrikate
partitive		Aafrikat	Aafrikaid
illative		Aafrikasse	Aafrikatesse Aafrikaisse
inessive		Aafrikas	Aafrikates Aafrikais
elative		Aafrikast	Aafrikatest Aafrikaist
allative		Aafrikale	Aafrikatele Aafrikaile
adessive		Aafrikal	Aafrikatel Aafrikail
ablative		Aafrikalt	Aafrikatelt Aafrikailt
translative		Aafrikaks	Aafrikateks Aafrikaiks
terminative		Aafrikani	Aafrikateni
essive		Aafrikana	Aafrikatena
abessive		Aafrikata	Aafrikateta
comitative		Aafrikaga	Aafrikatega

References

• Aafrika in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Aafrika”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009