milyaar

Afar

Afar numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1,000  ←  1,000,000 (106) 1,000,000,000 (109)
    Cardinal: milyáar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلْيار (milyār), from French milliard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /milˈjaːr/ [mɪlˈjaːɾ]
  • Hyphenation: mil‧yaar

Noun

milyáar m 

  1. billion

Usage notes

  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Milyáar númu. ― A billion people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of milyáar
absolutive milyáar
predicative milyáara
subjective milyáar
genitive milyáar
Postpositioned forms
l-case milyáaral
k-case milyáarak
t-case milyáarat
h-case milyáarah

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197
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