okme

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /okˈme/
  • Hyphenation: ok‧me

Verb

okmé

  1. (transitive) eat
  2. (transitive) irritate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of okme (type I verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
perfective V-affirmative okméh tokméh yokméh tokméh nokméh tokmeeníh yokmeeníh
N-affirmative okmé tokmé yokmé tokmé nokmé tokmén yokmén
negative máakminniyo máakminnito máakminna máakminna máakminnino máakminniton máakminnon
imperfective V-affirmative akméh takméh yakméh takméh nakméh takmeeníh yakmeeníh
N-affirmative akmé takmé yakmé takmé nakmé takmén yakmén
negative máakma mátakma máyakma,
míyakma
mátakma mánakma mátakman máyakman,
míyakman
prospective V-affirmative akméliyoh,
akméyyoh
akmélitoh,
akméttoh
akméleh akméleh akmélinoh,
akménnoh
akmélitoonuh,
akméttoonuh
akméloonuh
N-affirmative akméliyo,
akméyyo
akmélito,
akmétto
akméle akméle akmélino,
akménno
akméliton,
akmétton
akmélon
conjunctive I V-affirmative ákmuh tákmuh yákmuh tákmuh nákmuh takmóonuh yakmóonuh
N-affirmative ákmu tákmu yákmu tákmu nákmu takmón yakmón
negative akmé wáyuh akmé wáytuh akmé wáyuh akmé wáytuh akmé wáynuh akmé waytóonuh akmé wóonuh
conjunctive II V-affirmative akménkeh takménkeh yakménkeh takménkeh nakménkeh takmeenínkeh yakmeenínkeh
N-affirmative akménke takménke yakménke takménke nakménke takmeenínke yakmeenínke
negative akmé wáankeh akmé waytánkeh akmé wáankeh akmé waytánkeh akmé waynánkeh akmé waytaanankéh akmé waanánkeh
jussive affirmative ákmay tákmay yákmay tákmay nákmay takmóonay yakmóonay
negative akmé wáay akmé wáytay akmé wáay akmé wáytay akmé wáynay akmé waytóonay akmé wóonay
past
conditional
affirmative akminniyóy akminnitóy akminnáy akminnáy akminninóy akminnitoonúy akminnoonúy
negative akmé wanniyóy akmé wannitóy akmé wannáy akmé wannáy akmé wanninóy akmé wannitoonúy akmé wannoonúy
present
conditional I
affirmative okmék tokmék yokmék tokmék nokmék tokmeeník yokmeeník
negative akmé wéek akmé wayték akmé wéek akmé wayték akmé waynék akmé wayteeník akmé weeník
singular plural singular plural
consultative affirmative akmóo nakmóo imperative affirmative akúm, ukúm akúma, ukúma
negative maakmóo manakmóo negative máakmin máakmina
-h converb -i form -k converb -in(n)uh converb -innuk converb infinitive indefinite participle
V-focus N-focus
ákmih ákmi ákmuk akmínnuh akmínnuk akmíyya akminnáanih akminnáan
Compound tenses
past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé
present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én
future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé
past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé
present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én
future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé
immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée
imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké
imperfect
potential II
affirmative imperfective + -m + takké
negative akmé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké
perfect
potential
affirmative perfective + -m + takké
negative akmé + perfective of wée + -m + takké
present
conditional II
affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék
negative akmé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék
perfect
conditional
affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k
negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k
irrealis akmé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

See also

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “okme”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 470