kaxxa

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɖˈɖa/ [kʌɖˈɖʌ]
• Hyphenation: kax‧xa

Verb

kaxxá

1. (stative) be big
2. (stative) be old
3. (stative) be great

Conjugation

Conjugation of kaxxa (type III verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
present indicative I	V-affirmative	kaxxiyóh	kaxxitóh	kaxxáh	kaxxáh	kaxxinóh	kaxxitoonúh	kaxxoonúh
	N-affirmative	kaxxiyó	kaxxitó	kaxxá	kaxxá	kaxxinó	kaxxitón	kaxxón
	negative	mákaxxiyo	mákaxxito	mákaxxa	mákaxxa	mákaxxino	mákaxxiton	mákaxxon
present indicative II		affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I		káxxuk + perfective of én
past indicative II		káxxuk + perfective of sugé
present potential	affirmative	kaxxiyóm takkéh	kaxxitóm takkéh	kaxxám takkéh	kaxxám takkéh	kaxxinóm takkéh	kaxxitoonúm takkéh	kaxxoonúm takkéh
past conditional	affirmative	káxxuk + past conditional of sugé
		-h converb	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	infinitive
		káxxih	káxxuk	kaxxínnuh	kaxxíyya

Synonyms

• (be big): nabá
• (be great): nabá

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “be big”): qunxá
• (antonym(s) of “be old”): qunxá

Derived terms

• kaxxa-abbá

 

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kaxxa”, 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)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian cascia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.ʃa/

Noun

kaxxa f (plural kaxxi or kaxex, diminutive kxajxa or kxajxetta or kaxxetta)

1. box, case, chest
2. pot, kitty
3. plot

Related terms

• kaxxabank
• kaxxaforti
• kaxxarizz
• kaxxettun
• kaxxier
• kexxun