kusura

Afar

Alternative forms

Etymology

The semantic shift "jujube" > "court session" is due to the fact that courts traditionally gathered under jujube trees.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kusuˈra/ [kʊsʊˈɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧su‧ra

Noun

kusurá f (plural kúsur m)

  1. jujube tree (Ziziphus mauritiana)
  2. jujube fruit
  3. court session

Declension

        Declension of kusurá      
absolutive kusurá
predicative kusurá
subjective kusurá
genitive kusurá
  Postpositioned forms
l-case kusurál
k-case kusurák
t-case kusurát
h-case kusuráh

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 33
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