qayso

Afar
Qayso.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Sidamo hayisso and Somali caws.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕajˈso/, [ʕajˈsɔ]
  • Hyphenation: qayso

Noun

qaysó f (singulative qaysoytá f or qaysóyta m)

  1. (collective) grass

Declension
Declension of qaysó
absolutive qaysó
predicative qaysó
subjective qaysó
genitive qaysó
Postpositioned forms
l-case qaysól
k-case qaysók
t-case qaysót
h-case qaysóh

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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 63
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