Cushitism
Cushitism noun: a word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Cushitic language.
Noun
Cushitism (countable and uncountable, plural Cushitisms)
- A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Cushitic language.
- Similar phenomenon is found in Semitic languages of Ethiopia. In Gurage, we find the morpheme t(ä)- with the same distribution: with Imperfect it means “when” and with Perfect “if”. Example in Chaha: tisäβər “when he breaks” (Imperfect) and täsäpärä “if he breaks” (Perfect).³ This a^([sic])...1969, Robert Hetzron, The Verbal System of Southern Agaw, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 74
- Har. tullu ‘hill’ is considered a Cushitism in EDH 149.2011 December 23, Leonid Kogan, “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Stefan Weninger, editor, The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 190
- Cushitic character; Cushiticness.
- Whether or not Hammurabi was a Semite from the West or elsewhere, the society which he organised by his legislation was nonetheless impregnated with Cushitism.1989, Cheikh Anta Diop, The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: The Domains of Patriarchy and of Matriarchy in Classical Antiquity, Karnak House, →ISBN, page 99
Examples of Cushitism in a sentence
- Example in Chaha: tisäβər “when he breaks” (Imperfect) and täsäpärä “if he breaks” (Perfect).³ This a^([sic]) Cushitism in Ethiopian Semitic.1969, Robert Hetzron, The Verbal System of Southern Agaw, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 74:
- Ge’ez has zə-kku for ‘that (m.)’, but given the absence of specifically masculine *ku elsewhere in Semitic, I’m happy to accept that as a Cushitism.2023 August 10, Benjamin Suchard, “Is Arabic Cushitic?”, in Benjamin Suchard, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2023:
Forms of Cushitism
| plural | Cushitisms |
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Origin of Cushitism
From Cushite + -ism.
Words formed from Cushitism
Questions about Cushitism
- What does Cushitism mean?
- Cushitism means a word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Cushitic language.
- How do you use Cushitism in a sentence?
- Example in Chaha: tisäβər “when he breaks” (Imperfect) and täsäpärä “if he breaks” (Perfect).³ This a^([sic]) Cushitism in Ethiopian Semitic.
- What part of speech is Cushitism?
- Cushitism is a noun.
- What is the plural of Cushitism?
- The plural of Cushitism is Cushitisms.
Words near Cushitism in the dictionary
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