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booxá

[boːˈɖa]

noun

LanguageAfar (Ethiopia)

Meaning
  1. a sandy place in a rocky area hollowed out by an animal (particularly a camel) that rolled around in it to rub off ticks
  2. a sandy place in a rocky area hollowed out by an animal
  3. A patch of sand in a rocky region where animals like camels roll around to remove ticks.
Examples

Gala booxá geyte.

The camel found a sandy spot.

Pronunciationboːˈɖa

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteDescribes a depression created by an animal in the sand.

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