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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
(''Qino'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /ˈafka/
(''Qino'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /ˈafka/ [ʔáfka]


===Noun===
===Noun===
'''afka''' ''m., sg.'' (''plural'' '''afaani''', ''afeeya'')
'''afka''' ''m., sg.'' (''plural'' '''afaani''', '''afeeya''')
# mouth
# mouth
#:''Fakanii <b>afkas</b>''
#:''Fakane <b>afkas</b>''
#:: ''With an open <b>mouth</b>''
#:: ''With an open <b>mouth</b>''
# language
# language

Latest revision as of 18:57, 21 December 2017

Qino

Alternative forms

  • اڢک (Western Arabic script)
  • أفك (Eastern Arabic script)
  • አፍከ (Ge'ez script)

Etymology

Proto-Cushitic *af (Somali af, Afar af, Oromo afaan). Cognate to Proto-Semitic *pay, which gave rise to Arabic فَم (famm), Hebrew פֶּה‏ (pé), Aramaic פּוּמָא‏ (pūmā), Ethio-Semitic አፍ (af).

Pronunciation

(Qino) IPA: /ˈafka/ [ʔáfka]

Noun

afka m., sg. (plural afaani, afeeya)

  1. mouth
    Fakane afkas
    With an open mouth
  2. language
    Ka Qino afka
    The Qino language

Derived terms