baaxo

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *baar-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *bur-. Cognates include Somali béer, Saho baarho, Arabic بَرّ (barr), Hebrew בַּר (bar), and Sabaean 𐩨𐩧 (br).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːˈɖo/ [baːˈɖɔ]
  • Hyphenation: baa‧xo

Noun

baaxó f (plural baaxooxá f)

  1. earth
  2. land, country

Declension

Declension of baaxó
absolutive baaxó
predicative baaxó
subjective baaxó
genitive baaxó
Postpositioned forms
l-case baaxól
k-case baaxók
t-case baaxót
h-case baaxóh

Derived terms

References

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