gaala

An old borrowing into East Cushitic, from an undetermined Semitic language. Cognates include Somali gèel, Oromo gaala, Sidamo gaala and Saho gaala.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːlʌ/
• Hyphenation: gaa‧la

gáala m (singulative gaaláytu m, plural gaalíyow m)

1. (collective) camels (irrespective of sex, but mostly females)

• alá (“female camel”)
• rakúb (“male camel”)

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gaala”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 193
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Italian gala or Spanish gala.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːlɑ/, [ˈɡɑːlɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): gaa‧la

gaala

1. gala

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːla/

gaala

1. cup
2. mug
3. can

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

An old borrowing into East Cushitic (compare Somali gèel, Afar gáala), from an undetermined Semitic language.

gaala

1. camel

An old borrowing into East Cushitic from an undetermined Semitic language. Cognates include Afar gáala, Somali gèel and Oromo gaala.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡäːlä/
• Hyphenation: gaa‧la

gaala m (singulative gaalatto m or gaalayto m or gaalattö f or gaalaytö f, plural gaalit m)

1. (collective) camels

• Moreno Vergari; Roberta Vergari (2007), “gaala”, in A basic Saho-English-Italian Dictionary (revised version)

An old borrowing into East Cushitic from an undetermined Semitic language. Cognates include Somali gèel, Afar gáala and Oromo gaala.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːla/
• Hyphenation: gaa‧la

gaala m (plural gaalla f)

1. camel

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “gaala”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department