saga in Afar

IPA: /saˈɡa/, [sʌˈɡʌ] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-East Cushitic *sa(a)g- ("meat animal"). Cognate with Saho saga, Gawwada saakanko (“meat”), Tsamai saganko (“meat”). Unrelated to Somali sac. Etymology templates: {{cog|ssy|saga}} Saho saga, {{cog|gwd|saakanko|t=meat}} Gawwada saakanko (“meat”), {{cog|tsb|saganko|t=meat}} Tsamai saganko (“meat”), {{ncog|so|sac}} Somali sac Head templates: {{head|aa|noun|||masculine|sagáytu|||or||or||or||plural|láa|or||or||or||or||f10accel-form=p|f10g=m|f11accel-form=p|f11g=m|f1accel-form=f|f2accel-form=m|f3accel-form=s|f3g=?|f4accel-form=s|f4g=?|f5accel-form=s|f5g=?|f6accel-form=s|f6g=?|f7accel-form=p|f7g=m|f8accel-form=p|f8g=m|f9accel-form=p|f9g=m|g=f|g2=|head=sagá}} sagá f (masculine sagáytu, plural láa m), {{aa-noun|sagá|g=f|gpl=m|m=sagáytu|pl=láa}} sagá f (masculine sagáytu, plural láa m) Inflection templates: {{aa-decl|sagá}} Forms: sagá [canonical, feminine], sagáytu [masculine], láa [masculine, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sagá [absolutive], sagá [predicative], sagá [subjective], sagá [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sagál [l-case, with-postposition], sagák [k-case, with-postposition], sagát [t-case, with-postposition], sagáh [h-case, with-postposition]

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    [
      "saga",
      "saga#Saho"
    ],
    [
      "saakanko",
      "saakanko#Gawwada"
    ],
    [
      "saganko",
      "saganko#Tsamai"
    ],
    [
      "sac",
      "sac#Somali"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": "saga"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "saganko",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "sac"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali sac",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-East Cushitic *sa(a)g- (\"meat animal\"). Cognate with Saho saga, Gawwada saakanko (“meat”), Tsamai saganko (“meat”). Unrelated to Somali sac.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sagá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagáytu",
      "links": [
        [
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          "sagaytu"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "láa",
          "laa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagá",
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        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "absolutive"
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        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
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        "predicative"
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    {
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        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "links": [
        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagál",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagál",
          "sagal#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagák",
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        [
          "sagák",
          "sagak#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "k-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagát",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagát",
          "sagat#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "t-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagáh",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagáh",
          "sagah#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "with-postposition"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "plural",
        "16": "láa",
        "17": "or",
        "18": "",
        "19": "or",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "or",
        "22": "",
        "23": "or",
        "24": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "masculine",
        "6": "sagáytu",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f10g": "m",
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        "f11g": "m",
        "f1accel-form": "f",
        "f2accel-form": "m",
        "f3accel-form": "s",
        "f3g": "?",
        "f4accel-form": "s",
        "f4g": "?",
        "f5accel-form": "s",
        "f5g": "?",
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        "f6g": "?",
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        "f7g": "m",
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        "f8g": "m",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
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        "g2": "",
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      "name": "head"
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      },
      "expansion": "sagá f (masculine sagáytu, plural láa m)",
      "name": "aa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sa‧ga"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "sa‧ga"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "name": "aa-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afar",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "name": "Pages with 39 entries",
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          "orig": "aa:Bovines",
          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Female animals",
          "orig": "aa:Female animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow"
      ],
      "id": "en-saga-aa-noun-vrE0dUkQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈɡa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sʌˈɡʌ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saga"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 39 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Makian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Makian lemmas",
    "West Makian nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "saga",
      "saga#Saho"
    ],
    [
      "saakanko",
      "saakanko#Gawwada"
    ],
    [
      "saganko",
      "saganko#Tsamai"
    ],
    [
      "sac",
      "sac#Somali"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ssy",
        "2": "saga"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gwd",
        "2": "saakanko",
        "t": "meat"
      },
      "expansion": "Gawwada saakanko (“meat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsb",
        "2": "saganko",
        "t": "meat"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsamai saganko (“meat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "sac"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali sac",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-East Cushitic *sa(a)g- (\"meat animal\"). Cognate with Saho saga, Gawwada saakanko (“meat”), Tsamai saganko (“meat”). Unrelated to Somali sac.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagáytu",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagáytu",
          "sagaytu"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "láa",
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        [
          "láa",
          "laa"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sagá",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "absolutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagá",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagá",
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        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "sagá",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagá",
          "saga#Afar"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "sagál",
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        [
          "sagál",
          "sagal#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagák",
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        [
          "sagák",
          "sagak#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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        "k-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagát",
      "links": [
        [
          "sagát",
          "sagat#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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        "t-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagáh",
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        [
          "sagáh",
          "sagah#Afar"
        ]
      ],
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        "with-postposition"
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        "Afar terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 39 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tsamai terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "aa:Bovines",
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    {
      "ipa": "/saˈɡa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sʌˈɡʌ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saga"
}

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"saga" meaning in Afar

Noun