sagla-taban

== Afar == === Etymology === Univerbation of saglá (“nine”) +‎ tabán (“ten”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saɡˌlataˈban/ [sʌɡˌlʌtʌˈbʌn] === Noun === sagla-tabán m ninety ==== Usage notes ==== When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used: Sagla-tabaníh númu. ― Ninety people. When counting, the predicative case is used. ==== Declension ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 232 Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197