xaa

See also: xa'a, xáã, ǁxàa, ǁxàã, and ǀxâã

Afar

Xeet.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw tlaa, Oromo dhagaa, Somali dhagax and Saho dhaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɖaː/, [ˈɖaː]
• Hyphenation: xaa

Noun

xáa m (plural xéet m)

1. stone

Declension

Declension of xáa
absolutive	xáa
predicative	xáa, xáaha
subjective	xaahí
genitive	xaahí
Postpositioned forms l-case xáa, xáahal k-case xáa, xáahak t-case xáa, xáahat h-case xáa, xáahah

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xàa”, 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 170

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• chá

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃaˈʔa]

Noun

xaa

1. tea
   • 2001, Abrão Alvares Muniz, edited by Gilvan Miiller de Oliveira, Terra das Línguas (overall work in Portuguese), Manaus: SEDUC, page 92:

     Yapisika karayurú rawa, yamunhã aé chá rã, asuí yameẽ kunhã uú rã.

     We took the carajura leaves, prepared them as tea, and gave to the woman to drink.

References

• Aline da Cruz (2014) “Reduplication in Nheengatu” (chapter 5), in Gale Goodwin Gómez, Hein van der Voort, editors, Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119