gulub

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw gurungura, Oromo jilba, Saho gulub, Sidamo guluphpho and Somali jilib, furthermore Amharic ጉልበት (gulbät).

Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”) which undergoes strong metathesis (*birk- > *kirb- > *gilb-). Compare also Proto-Semitic *rigl- (“leg, foot”) as a possible connection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈlub/ [ɡʊˈlʊb]
• Hyphenation: gu‧lub

Noun

gulúb m (plural guluubá f)

1. knee
2. lineage

Declension

Declension of gulúb
absolutive	gulúb
predicative	gulúbu
subjective	gulúb
genitive	gulúb
Postpositioned forms l-case gulúbul k-case gulúbuk t-case gulúbut h-case gulúbuh

References

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