baqala

Afar

Etymology

A borrowing from a Semitic language; compare Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈʕala/ [bʌˈʕalʌ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧qa‧la

Noun

baqála m 

1. husband

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)