-aba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"

Afar

Etymology

From abé (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-aba/ [-ʌbʌ]

Suffix

-aba f (masculine -abe)

1. Used to form feminine nouns denoting a maker or performer of the suffixed noun.

Declension

Declension of -aba
absolutive	-aba
predicative	-aba
subjective	-aba
genitive	-aba
Postpositioned forms l-case -abal k-case -abak t-case -abat h-case -abah

Derived terms

Afar terms suffixed with -aba

qollaaba

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -ābam (first person) and -ābat (third person).

Suffix

-aba

1. suffix indicating the first-person singular imperfect indicative of -ar verbs
2. suffix indicating the third-person singular imperfect indicative of -ar verbs

See also

• -ía