Afar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xwayluw (to bear), Oromo dhaluu (to bear) and Saho dhala (birth).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɖajˈlo/, [ɖʌjˈlɔ]
  • Hyphenation: xaylo

Noun edit

xayló f (singulative baxá f or báxa m)

  1. (collective) children, offspring

Declension edit

Declension of xayló
absolutive xayló
predicative xayló
subjective xayló
genitive xayló
Postpositioned forms
l-case xaylól
k-case xaylók
t-case xaylót
h-case xaylóh

See also edit

References edit

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xaylo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics[1], Leiden: Leiden University