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Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xwayluw (“to bear”), Oromo dhaluu (“to bear”) and Saho dhala (“birth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɖajˈlo/
- Hyphenation: xay‧lo
Noun
xayló f (singulative baxá f or báxa m)
- (collective) children, offspring
Declension
Declension of xayló
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absolutive
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predicative
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subjective
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genitive
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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 (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden: Leiden University