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báqla

[ˈbaʕla]

noun

LanguageAfar (Ethiopia)

Meaning
  1. owner
  2. husband
  3. A person who possesses something or has control over it. It is also used to refer to a married man in relation to his wife.
Examples

Noqmi-baqla kee tet xaylo inkih rabteh.

Naomi's husband and her children all died.

Pronunciationˈbaʕla

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis term can refer to the owner of an object or the husband in a marriage.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.