aapi kayá

Hamer-Banna

Etymology

Compound of áapi (“eye”) +‎ kayá (“to be missing, be lost”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔáːpi kajá/, [ʔáːpi kʰajá̤]

Noun

aapi kayá

  1. blind person
    • 2014, SIM International, Haalin Mallano [New Testament], Digital Bible Society, Wannis 9:32:
      Aapi kaya maatayse adhadhaa eediam pacchaa daane
      [aapi kayá maatáise aɗaɗá éediɗan passhá dáane]
      healing a man born blind

References

  • Petrollino, Sara (2016), A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎[1], Leiden University, page 297
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