-eyna

See also: eyna

Afar

Alternative forms

• -eena (animate)

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /-ˈejna/ [-ˈɛjnʌ]

Suffix

-éyna

1. Used to create masculine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a quality, trait or an instrument of an action.

Declension

Declension of -éyna
absolutive	-éyna
predicative	-éyna
subjective	-eyní
genitive	-eyní
Postpositioned forms l-case -éynal k-case -éynak t-case -éynat h-case -éynah

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /-ejˈna/ [-ɛjˈnʌ]

Suffix

-eyná

1. Used to create feminine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a quality, trait or an instrument of an action.

Declension

Declension of -eyná
absolutive	-eyná
predicative	-eyná
subjective	-eyná
genitive	-eyná
Postpositioned forms l-case -eynál k-case -eynák t-case -eynát h-case -eynáh

Derived terms

Afar terms suffixed with -eyna

abaareyna

abeyna

barseyna

barteyna

bissoyseyna

cangoyseyna

cillaaleyna

giiriseyna

References

• Enid M. Parker (2006), English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 121