malab

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Somali malab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlab/ [mʌˈlʌb]
• Hyphenation: ma‧lab

Noun

maláb m 

1. honey

Declension

Declension of maláb
absolutive	maláb
predicative	malába
subjective	maláb
genitive	maláb
Postpositioned forms l-case malábal k-case malábak t-case malábat h-case malábah

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “malab”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎^[1], Leiden: Leiden University

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *malab-. Cognates include Afar maláb, Hadiyya marabo, Sidamo malawo and Jiiddu malaw.

Noun

malab m

1. honey