xagor

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ጠጉር (ṭägur).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɖaɡor/, [ˈɖʌɡɔɾ]
  • Hyphenation: xa‧gor

Noun

xágor m (singulative xagórta m, plural xagortitté f)

  1. (collective) hair

Declension
Declension of xágor
absolutive xágor
predicative xágooru
subjective xágor
genitive xágor
Postpositioned forms
l-case xágoorul
k-case xágooruk
t-case xágoorut
h-case xágooruh

Synonyms

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xàgor”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 200
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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