xaa

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See also: xa'a, xáã, ǁxàa, ǁxàã, and ǀxâã

Afar[edit]

Xeet.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw tlaa, Oromo dhagaa, Somali dhagax and Saho dhaa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɖaː/, [ˈɖaː]
  • Hyphenation: xaa

Noun[edit]

xáa m (plural xéet m)

  1. stone

Declension[edit]

Declension of xáa
absolutive xáa
predicative xáa, xáaha
subjective xaahí
genitive xaahí
Postpositioned forms
l-case xáa, xáahal
k-case xáa, xáahak
t-case xáa, xáahat
h-case xáa, xáahah

References[edit]

  • 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)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 170

Nheengatu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

xaa

  1. tea

References[edit]

  • Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America (2014), →ISBN
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