weelo

English

Etymology

Imitative of its territorial call.

Noun

weelo (plural weelos)

  1. (Australia) The bush stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius.

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /weːˈlo/, [weːˈlɔ]
  • Hyphenation: wee‧lo

Noun

weeló f (plural wéelol m)

  1. shape, form
  2. presence
  3. portrait
  4. (grammar) modifier

Declension
Declension of weeló
absolutive weeló
predicative weeló
subjective weeló
genitive weeló
Postpositioned forms
l-case weelól
k-case weelók
t-case weelót
h-case weelóh

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “weelo”, 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)
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