kaxxa

Afar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaɖˈɖa/, [kʌɖˈɖʌ]
  • Hyphenation: kax‧xa

Verb

kaxxá

  1. (stative) be big
  2. (stative) be old
  3. (stative) be great

Conjugation
    Conjugation of kaxxa (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative kaxxiyóhkaxxitóhkaxxáhkaxxáhkaxxinóhkaxxitoonúhkaxxoonúh
N-affirmative kaxxiyókaxxitókaxxákaxxákaxxinókaxxitónkaxxón
negative mákaxxiyomákaxxitomákaxxamákaxxamákaxxinomákaxxitonmákaxxon
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I káxxuk + perfective of én
past indicative II káxxuk + perfective of sugé
present
potential		 affirmative kaxxiyóm takkéhkaxxitóm takkéhkaxxám takkéhkaxxám takkéhkaxxinóm takkéhkaxxitoonúm takkéhkaxxoonúm takkéh
past
conditional		 affirmative káxxuk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
káxxihkáxxukkaxxínnuhkaxxíyya

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “be big”): qunxá
  • (antonym(s) of “be old”): qunxá

Derived terms

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kaxxa”, 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)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian cascia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʃ.ʃa/

Noun

kaxxa f (plural kaxxi or kaxex, diminutive kxajxa or kxajxetta or kaxxetta)

  1. box, case, chest
  2. pot, kitty
  3. plot
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