kayá

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kajá/, [kʰajá̤]

Verb

kayá (causative kaisá)

  1. (intransitive) to be missing, lost
  2. (intransitive) to be defeated, destroyed
  3. (intransitive) to cease
  4. (transitive) to lose

Derived terms

  • aapi kayá (“blind person”, literally “missing eyes”)

References

  • Petrollino, Sara (2016), A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎[1], Leiden University, page 306
  • Yona Takahashi (2015), “A Small Dictionary of Hamar with Some Lexical Notes on Banna and Karo”, in Studies in Ethiopian Languages‎[2], number 4, page 58 of 35-75
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