ballu

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See also: baļļu

Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalːu/ [ˈbʌlːʊ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧lu

Noun

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bállu m (plural baallá f)

  1. uxorial father-in-law
  2. uxorial brother-in-law

Declension

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Declension of bállu
absolutive bállu
predicative bállu
subjective ballí
genitive ballí
Postpositioned forms
l-case bállul
k-case bálluk
t-case bállut
h-case bálluh

Coordinate terms

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  • balló (uxorial mother-in-law; uxorial sister-in-law)

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bàllu”, 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)

Northern Sami

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Etymology 1

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From ballat +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalluː/

Noun

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ballu

  1. fear
Inflection
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Even u-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative ballu
Genitive balu
balọ
Singular Plural
Nominative ballu balut
Accusative balu balūid
Genitive balu
balọ
balūid
Illative ballui balūide
Locative balus balūin
Comitative balūin balūiguin
Essive ballun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ballon ballome ballomet
2nd person ballot ballode ballodet
3rd person ballus balluska balluset
Derived terms
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Further reading
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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalːluː/

Verb

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balˈlu

  1. first-person dual imperative of ballat