gubuna

Afar

Alternative forms

• gubná

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡubuˈna/ [ɡʊbʊˈnʌ]
• Hyphenation: gu‧bu‧na

Noun

gubuná f (plural gúbun m)

1. widow

Usage notes

• gubuná is used for a widow that only recently lost her husband, during the four months and ten days that she has to stay confined to her home, following the Afar tradition.

Declension

Declension of gubuná
absolutive	gubuná
predicative	gubuná
subjective	gubuná
genitive	gubuná
Postpositioned forms l-case gubunál k-case gubunák t-case gubunát h-case gubunáh

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 33
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)