bacaar

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Afar

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Afar numbers (edit)
80
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    Cardinal: bacáar
    Ordinal: bacarháytu

Etymology

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Cognate to Saho baxar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈħaːr/ [bʌˈħaːɾ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧caar

Noun

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bacáar m (plural bacaccáar m)

  1. eight

Usage notes

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  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Bacrá númu.Eight people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

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Declension of bacáar
absolutive bacáar
predicative bacáara
subjective bacáar
genitive bacrá
Postpositioned forms
l-case bacáaral
k-case bacáarak
t-case bacáarat
h-case bacáarah

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bacaar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN