baqala

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Afar

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Etymology

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A borrowing from a Semitic language; compare Tigrinya በዓል (bäʿal).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈʕala/, [bʌˈʕalʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧qa‧la

Noun

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baqála m 

  1. husband

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)