arraaba

== Afar == === Alternative forms === (Southern Afar) arrabá === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-East Cushitic *ʕaŋ-lab (literally; "middle of cheeks"), though likely borrowed, as ʔ is not a regular reflex of *ʕ. The proto-word is a compound with the first element preserved in qangaxxa (“mouthful of food”) and qangar (“roof of the mouth”). See also Somali carrab. Compare Saho anrab, Aweer arub, Rendille h'arrab, Jiiddu arnaw, Baiso erreb, Daasanach erbu plural of ere, El Molo errep, Oromo arraba, Konso arrapa, Burji arraba, Hadiyya allabo, Kambaata arrabita, Sidamo arraba, Yaaku erepa plural of ere, Tsamai arrafko. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /arːaːˈba/ [ʔʌrːaːˈbʌ] Hyphenation: ar‧raa‧ba === Noun === arraabá f (plural arráabob m or árrob m) tongue flame (Southern Afar) lip ==== Declension ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “arraaba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN