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Afar
Etymology
Borrowed from Amharic ጠጉር (ṭägur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɖaɡor/
- Hyphenation: xa‧gor
Noun
xágor m (singulative xagórta m, plural xagortitté f)
- (collective) hair
Declension
| Declension of xágor
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| absolutive
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xágor
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| predicative
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xágooru
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| subjective
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xágor
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| genitive
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xágor
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Synonyms
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xàgor”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 200
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)