baxa

See also: Baxa, baxá, and baxâ

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho barha, barhä.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌɖʌ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧xa

Noun

báxa m (plural xayló f)

1. boy
2. son

Declension

Declension of báxa
absolutive	báxa
predicative	báxa
subjective	baxí
genitive	baxí
Postpositioned forms l-case báxal k-case báxak t-case báxat h-case báxah

Synonyms

• (boy): áwka, furráynu
• (son): áwka

Derived terms

• aqantibáxa

 

Postposition

báxa

1. Placed after a masculine noun to indicate a small amount or size of that noun: small, little

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /bʌˈɖʌ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧xa

Noun

baxá f (plural xayló f)

1. girl
2. daughter

Declension

Declension of baxá
absolutive	baxá
predicative	baxá
subjective	baxá
genitive	baxá
Postpositioned forms l-case baxál k-case baxák t-case baxát h-case baxáh

Synonyms

• (girl): awká, baxuwwá
• (daughter): awká

Postposition

baxá

1. Placed after a feminine noun to indicate a small amount or size of that noun: small, little

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 65
• 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 105

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Asturian

Adjective

baxa

1. feminine singular of baxu.

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Isnag

Etymology

From baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀa. Compare Mansaka baga.

Noun

baxa

1. lung

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese abaixar.

Alternative forms

• baxá (Barlavento)

Verb

baxa

1. (Sotavento) lower

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

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Spanish

Adjective

baxa f

1. feminine singular of baxo

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Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-baxa^?

1. to exaggerate

   Synonym: babaza

Inflection

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