kullum

English

Noun

kullum (plural kullums)

1. Alternative form of coolung

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo qurxummii, Sidamo qilximme, Somali kaluun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulːum/, [ˈkʊlːʊm]
• Hyphenation: kul‧lum

Noun

kúllum m (singulative kullúnta m)

1. (collective) fish

Declension

Declension of kúllum
absolutive	kúllum
predicative	kúlluumu
subjective	kúllum
genitive	kúllum
Postpositioned forms l-case kúlluumul k-case kúlluumuk t-case kúlluumut h-case kúlluumuh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kullum”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎^[1], Leiden: Leiden University
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kúl.lúm/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʊ́l.lɪ́ŋ]

Adverb

kullum

1. always
2. every (followed by a unit of time)