baabur
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Afar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Yemeni Arabic بابور (bābūr, “car”), from French vapeur. Compare Somali babuur.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
baabúr m (plural bawáabir m)
- (Awash Afar) train
- (Northern Afar) ship
- (Southern Afar) bus
- (Southern Afar) car, automobile
Declension[edit]
Declension of baabúr | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | baabúr | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | baabúru | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | baabúr | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | baabúr | |||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “baabur”, 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)