baaxo

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *baar-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *bur-. Cognates include Somali béer, Saho baarho, Arabic بَرّ (barr), Hebrew בַּר (bar), and Sabaean 𐩨𐩧 (br).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːˈɖo/ [baːˈɖɔ]
• Hyphenation: baa‧xo

Noun

baaxó f (plural baaxooxá f)

1. earth
2. land, country

Declension

Declension of baaxó
absolutive	baaxó
predicative	baaxó
subjective	baaxó
genitive	baaxó
Postpositioned forms l-case baaxól k-case baaxók t-case baaxót h-case baaxóh

Derived terms

• baaxo danán

 

References

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