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-aɗá

[-aɗá]

suffix

LanguageHamer-Banna (Ethiopia)

Meaning
  1. passive voice marker
  2. A suffix added to verbs to change them into the passive voice.
Examples

ɗaxá + -aɗá → ɗaxaɗá (“to be worn”)

The verb to tie plus the passive marker becomes the passive form.

Pronunciation-aɗá

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteAttach this to the end of a verb to indicate the passive state.

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