See bakaal on Wiktionary
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Somaloid/bakaal"
],
[
"bkꜣ",
"bkꜣ#Egyptian"
],
[
"Maay",
"bakaal#Maay"
],
[
"Dabarre",
"bakaal#Dabarre"
],
[
"Aweer",
"bakaal#Aweer"
],
[
"Rendille",
"bakaal#Rendille"
],
[
"bakaal",
"bakaal#Jiiddu"
],
[
"bakkalta",
"bakkalta#Arbore"
],
[
"bakkalcha",
"bakkalcha#Oromo"
],
[
"bakalcha",
"bakalcha#Oromo"
],
[
"bakkalcoo",
"bakkalcoo#Burji"
],
[
"pakkalho",
"pakkalho#Gawwada"
]
],
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"t": "morning"
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},
{
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "bakkalta"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "om",
"2": "bakkalcha"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "bakalcha"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "gwd",
"2": "pakkalho"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Somaloid *bakaal (“bright star”). Compare with Egyptian bkꜣ (“morning”).\nCognate with Maay, Dabarre, Aweer, Rendille, and Jiiddu bakaal, Arbore bakkalta, Oromo bakkalcha, Borana and Orma bakalcha, Burji bakkalcoo, Gawwada pakkalho.",
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{
"form": "bakàal",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "bakaallo",
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"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bakool",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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},
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},
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],
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},
{
"ipa": "[b̥ɑ̀ˈkʰɑ̂ːl]"
}
],
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}
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"Somali nouns",
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"Somali terms inherited from Proto-Somaloid"
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"*bakaal",
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],
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"bkꜣ",
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"Maay",
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],
[
"Dabarre",
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],
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"Aweer",
"bakaal#Aweer"
],
[
"Rendille",
"bakaal#Rendille"
],
[
"bakaal",
"bakaal#Jiiddu"
],
[
"bakkalta",
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],
[
"bakkalcha",
"bakkalcha#Oromo"
],
[
"bakalcha",
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],
[
"bakkalcoo",
"bakkalcoo#Burji"
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"pakkalho",
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},
{
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"1": "ymm,dbr,bob,rel,jii",
"2": "bakaal"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "arv",
"2": "bakkalta"
},
"expansion": "Arbore bakkalta",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "om",
"2": "bakkalcha"
},
"expansion": "Oromo bakkalcha",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gax,orc",
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},
"expansion": "Borana and Orma bakalcha",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bji",
"2": "bakkalcoo"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "gwd",
"2": "pakkalho"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Somaloid *bakaal (“bright star”). Compare with Egyptian bkꜣ (“morning”).\nCognate with Maay, Dabarre, Aweer, Rendille, and Jiiddu bakaal, Arbore bakkalta, Oromo bakkalcha, Borana and Orma bakalcha, Burji bakkalcoo, Gawwada pakkalho.",
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]
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"plural"
]
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}
],
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},
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"name": "head"
},
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],
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{
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],
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],
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"star",
"star"
],
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]
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],
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"Venus"
],
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[
"Venus",
"Venus"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bɑ̀ˈkɑ̂ːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[b̥ɑ̀ˈkʰɑ̂ːl]"
}
],
"word": "bakaal"
}
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