caxa
Afar
Caxa (1).
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xaʼnoo, Sidamo haqqe, Somali géed and Saho xarha.
The semantic shifts from the original meaning "tree" to other senses are explained as follows:
- "tree" > "medicine", due to the fact that medicines were often made of tree parts.
- "tree" > "council", due to the fact that councils traditionally gathered under large trees, to protect oneself from the Sun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħʌˈɖʌ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧xa
Noun
caxá f (plural cóox m)
- tree
- medicine
- council
Declension
| Declension of caxá | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “caxa”, 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 357
Asturian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja and English case or cash.
Noun
caxa f (plural caxes)
- box
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin casa. Compare Italian casa, Spanish casa.
Noun
caxa f (plural caxe)
- house, home, habitation
See also
- casa