qayso

 

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Sidamo hayisso and Somali caws.

• IPA^(key): /ʕajˈso/ [ʕajˈsɔ]
• Hyphenation: qay‧so

qaysó f (singulative qaysoytá f or qaysóyta m)

1. (collective) grass

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qayso”, 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)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 63