kaxxa

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɖˈɖa/
  • 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 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

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

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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