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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Proto-Chadic *p-t (“sun, day”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]afats
- sun
- Ŋgaha uwana afats adàdzəka mavəɗay la ndzəɗa, agulla fofulo tsatsaɗeɗa ala, kà uwana aɓək slilih kà à pala akur à afik. (Mata 13:16)[2]
- But when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have enough root, it withered.(Matthew 13:16)
References
[edit]- ^ Rossing, Melvin Olaf (1978) “afats”, in Mafa-Mada: A Comparative Study of Chadic Languages in North Cameroun, Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 47
- ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/13#16