kaxxa

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaɖˈɖa/ [kʌɖˈɖʌ]
  • Hyphenation: kax‧xa

Verb

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kaxxá

  1. (stative) be big
  2. (stative) be old
  3. (stative) be great

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of kaxxa (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative kaxxiyóh kaxxitóh kaxxáh kaxxáh kaxxinóh kaxxitoonúh kaxxoonúh
N-affirmative kaxxiyó kaxxitó kaxxá kaxxá kaxxinó kaxxitón kaxxón
negative mákaxxiyo mákaxxito mákaxxa mákaxxa mákaxxino mákaxxiton mákaxxon
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I káxxuk + perfective of én
past indicative II káxxuk + perfective of sugé
present
potential
affirmative kaxxiyóm takkéh kaxxitóm takkéh kaxxám takkéh kaxxám takkéh kaxxinóm takkéh kaxxitoonúm takkéh kaxxoonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative káxxuk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
káxxih káxxuk kaxxínnuh kaxxíyya

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of be big): qunxá
  • (antonym(s) of be old): qunxá

Derived terms

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References

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

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian cascia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kaxxa f (plural kaxxi or kaxex, diminutive kxajxa or kxajxetta or kaxxetta)

  1. box, case, chest
  2. pot, kitty
  3. plot
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