caxa
Afar
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xaʼnoo, Sidamo haqqe, and Saho xarha.
The semantic shifts from the original meaning "tree" to other senses are explained as follows:
- "tree" > "medicine", due to the fact that medicines were often made of tree parts.
- "tree" > "council", due to the fact that councils traditionally gathered under large trees, to protect oneself from the Sun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaxá f (plural cóox m)
Declension
editDeclension of caxá | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | caxá | |||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “caxa”, 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)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 357
Asturian
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja and English case or cash.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaxa f (plural caxes)
Venetian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin casa. Compare Italian casa, Spanish casa.
Noun
editcaxa f (plural caxe)
See also
editCategories:
- Afar terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic
- Afar terms derived from Proto-Cushitic
- Afar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afar lemmas
- Afar nouns
- Afar feminine nouns
- aa:Botany
- aa:Pharmacology
- Asturian terms borrowed from Catalan
- Asturian terms derived from Catalan
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Asturian/aʃa
- Rhymes:Asturian/aʃa/2 syllables
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
- ast:Containers
- Venetian terms inherited from Latin
- Venetian terms derived from Latin
- Venetian lemmas
- Venetian nouns
- Venetian feminine nouns