xaa

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

Afar
Xeet.

Etymology

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

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

Noun

xáa m (plural xéet m)

  1. stone

Declension
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
  • 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

  1. tea

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