caxa

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Afar

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Caxa (1).

Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xaʼnoo, Sidamo haqqe, and Saho xarha.

The semantic shifts from the original meaning "tree" to other senses are explained as follows:

  • "tree" > "medicine", due to the fact that medicines were often made of tree parts.
  • "tree" > "council", due to the fact that councils traditionally gathered under large trees, to protect oneself from the Sun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħaˈɖa/ [ħʌˈɽʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧xa

Noun

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caxá f (plural cóox m)

  1. tree
  2. medicine
  3. council

Declension

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Declension of caxá
absolutive caxá
predicative caxá
subjective caxá
genitive caxá
Postpositioned forms
l-case caxál
k-case caxák
t-case caxát
h-case caxáh

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “caxa”, 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 357

Asturian

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja and English case or cash.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʃa/, [ˈka.ɕa]
  • Rhymes: -aʃa
  • Hyphenation: ca‧xa

Noun

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caxa f (plural caxes)

  1. box

Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin casa. Compare Italian casa, Spanish casa.

Noun

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caxa f (plural caxe)

  1. house, home, habitation

See also

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