There is no simple independent word for father. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=baabaay-/ father to make a full word:
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nimbaabaa, imbaabaa, mbaabaa my father (1s-3s)
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gibaabaa your father (2s-3s)
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obaabaayan h/ father
- [MN] obaabaayan h/ father/fathers (3s-3')
- [BL] obaabaayan h/ father (3s-3's)
- [BL] obaabaaya’ h/ fathers (3s-3'p)Some basic forms of
gibaabaa your father are: