baaladi

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Afar

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Portuguese balde, via an Ethiopian Semitic language; compare Amharic ባልዲ (baldi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baːlaˈdi/ [baːlʌˈdɪ]
  • Hyphenation: baa‧la‧di

Noun

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baaladí f 

  1. bucket

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)