English edit

Etymology edit

Imitative of its territorial call.

Noun edit

weelo (plural weelos)

  1. (Australia) The bush stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius.

Anagrams edit

Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /weːˈlo/, [weːˈlɔ]
  • Hyphenation: wee‧lo

Noun edit

weeló f (plural wéelol m)

  1. shape, form
  2. presence
  3. portrait
  4. (grammar) modifier

Declension edit

Declension of weeló
absolutive weeló
predicative weeló
subjective weeló
genitive weeló
Postpositioned forms
l-case weelól
k-case weelók
t-case weelót
h-case weelóh

References edit

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