mareyta

Afar

Etymology

Singulative of maré (“family relationship”).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /maˈrejta/, [mʌˈɾɛjtʌ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧reyta

Noun

maréyta m (plural mareytitté f or maré f)

1. male lover
2. friend for whom one would die

Declension

Declension of maréyta
absolutive	maréyta
predicative	maréyta
subjective	mareytí
genitive	mareytí
Postpositioned forms l-case maréytal k-case maréytak t-case maréytat h-case maréytah

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /marejˈta/, [mʌɾɛjˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧reyta

Noun

mareytá f (plural mareytitté f or maré f)

1. female lover; mistress

Declension

Declension of mareytá
absolutive	mareytá
predicative	mareytá
subjective	mareytá
genitive	mareytá
Postpositioned forms l-case mareytál k-case mareyták t-case mareytát h-case mareytáh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 164
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)