rakub

Afar

Rakub.

Etymology

From Arabic رَكُوب (rakūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈkub/, [ɾʌˈkʊb]
• Hyphenation: ra‧kub

Noun

rakúb m (feminine alá, plural raakiibá f)

1. male camel

Declension

Declension of rakúb
absolutive	rakúb
predicative	rakúubu
subjective	rakúb
genitive	rakúb
Postpositioned forms l-case rakúubul k-case rakúubuk t-case rakúubut h-case rakúubuh

Hypernyms

• gaaláytu (“camel”)

See also

• narig (“baby male camel”)
• maqyóoli (“adult male camel”)

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “rakub”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 198
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)