kaxxa
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɖˈɖa/ [kʌɖˈɖʌ]
- Hyphenation: kax‧xa
Verb
kaxxá
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 | kaxxiyóh | kaxxitóh | kaxxáh | kaxxáh | kaxxinóh | kaxxitoonúh | kaxxoonúh | |
| N-affirmative | kaxxiyó | kaxxitó | kaxxá | kaxxá | kaxxinó | kaxxitón | kaxxón | ||
| negative | mákaxxiyo | mákaxxito | mákaxxa | mákaxxa | mákaxxino | mákaxxiton | mákaxxon | ||
| 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 takkéh | kaxxitóm takkéh | kaxxám takkéh | kaxxám takkéh | kaxxinóm takkéh | kaxxitoonúm takkéh | kaxxoonúm takkéh | |
| past conditional |
affirmative | káxxuk + past conditional of sugé | |||||||
| -h converb | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | infinitive | ||||||
| káxxih | káxxuk | kaxxínnuh | kaxxíyya | ||||||
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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)[1], 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)