cushitism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Cushitic language.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "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]) Cushitism in Ethiopian Semitic."
- "Har. tullu ‘hill’ is considered a Cushitism in EDH 149."
- "pronominal *ku, *ti: masculine *ku is a good Cushitic feature. 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."
- "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."