konoy

Afar

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Cardinal: konóy     Ordinal: konoyháytu     Fractional: konoytá

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *kʷan- (“five”). Cognates include Saho koon, Somali shan, Oromo shan and Iraqw kooán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈnoj/ [kɔˈnɔj]
• Hyphenation: ko‧noy

Noun

konóy m

1. five

Usage notes

• When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:

  Kóona númu. ― Five people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of konóy
absolutive	konóy
predicative	konóyu, konóoyu
subjective	konóy
genitive	kóona
Postpositioned forms l-case konóyul, konóoyul k-case konóyuk, konóoyuk t-case konóyut, konóoyut h-case konóyuh, konóoyuh

References

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