qayso
Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Sidamo hayisso and Somali caws.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕajˈso/ [ʕajˈsɔ]
- Hyphenation: qay‧so
Noun
qaysó f (singulative qaysoytá f or qaysóyta m)
- (collective) grass
Declension
| Declension of qaysó | |||||||||||
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| absolutive | qaysó | ||||||||||
| predicative | qaysó | ||||||||||
| subjective | qaysó | ||||||||||
| genitive | qaysó | ||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “qayso”, 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 63