xaylo

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xwayluw (“to bear”), Oromo dhaluu (“to bear”) and Saho dhala (“birth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɖajˈlo/ [ɖʌjˈlɔ]
  • Hyphenation: xay‧lo

Noun

xayló f (singulative baxá f or báxa m)

  1. (collective) children, offspring

Declension

Declension of xayló
absolutive xayló
predicative xayló
subjective xayló
genitive xayló
Postpositioned forms
l-case xaylól
k-case xaylók
t-case xaylót
h-case xaylóh

See also

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xaylo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (August 2013) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎[1], Leiden: Leiden University
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