Afar

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Abeesa.

Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji hamasi, Hadiyya hamashichcho, Sidamo hamaso and Somali abeeso.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abeːˈsa/ [ʔʌbeːˈsʌ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧bee‧sa

Noun

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abeesá f (plural abéesas m or abéesos m)

  1. venomous snake

Declension

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Declension of abeesá
absolutive abeesá
predicative abeesá
subjective abeesá
genitive abeesá
Postpositioned forms
l-case abeesál
k-case abeesák
t-case abeesát
h-case abeesáh

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “abeesa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN