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-éena

[-ˈeːna]

suffix

LanguageAfar (Ethiopia)

Meaning
  1. Used to create masculine nouns from both nouns and verbs to describe a person having the quality or trait of an action.
  2. masculine noun suffix for persons
  3. A suffix added to words to make masculine nouns. It refers to a man who possesses a specific quality or performs a specific action.
Examples

Baax-éena

A man associated with the land.

Pronunciation-ˈeːna

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis is specifically used to denote masculine nouns identifying a person.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.