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caxa
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Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xaʼnoo, Sidamo haqqe, Hadiyya haqqa, 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.
Pronunciation
Noun
caxá f (plural cóox m)
Declension
References
- 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
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Asturian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja and English case or cash.
Pronunciation
Noun
caxa f (plural caxes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “caxa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “caxa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
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Sicilian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Old Catalan caixa (“box”), from earlier Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Cognate with Aragonese, Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese caixa and, eventually, English cash. Aulic variant of cascia.
Pronunciation
Noun
caxa f (plural caxi)
- alternative form of cascia
Derived terms
- ncaxari
- ncaxatu
- scaxari
- scaxata
- scaxatu
- scaxumari
- scaxumatu
- scaxumi
See also
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Venetan
Etymology
Noun
caxa f (plural caxe)
See also
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