xaa
See also: xa'a and xáã
Afar
Xeet.
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw tlaa, Oromo dhagaa, Somali dhagax and Saho dhaa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɖaː/
- Hyphenation: xaa
Noun
xáa m (plural xéet m)
- stone
Declension
| Declension of xáa | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | xáa | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | xáa, xáaha | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | xaahí | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | xaahí | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “xàa”, 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), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 170
Nheengatu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃa.ˈʔa]
Noun
xaa
- tea
References
- Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America (2014), →ISBN