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) knee clan, lineage ==== Declension ==== === 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)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)