caxa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xaʼnoo, Sidamo haqqe, Somali géed and Saho xarha.

The semantic shifts from the original meaning "tree" to other senses are explained as follows:

• "tree" > "medicine", due to the fact that medicines were often made of tree parts.
• "tree" > "council", due to the fact that councils traditionally gathered under large trees, to protect oneself from the Sun.

• IPA^(key): /ħaˈɖa/, [ħʌˈɽʌ]
• Hyphenation: ca‧xa

caxá f (plural cóox m)

1. tree
2. medicine
3. council

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “caxa”, 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 357

Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja and English case or cash.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃa/, [ˈka.ɕa]
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Hyphenation: ca‧xa

caxa f (plural caxes)

1. box

From Latin casa. Compare Italian casa, Spanish casa.

caxa f (plural caxe)

1. house, home, habitation

• casa