ukwa
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Ukwa (1).
Afar
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
ukwá f
Declension
| Declension of ukwá | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | ukwá | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | ukwá | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | ukwá | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | ukwá | |||||||||||||||||
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Etymology 2
Verb
ukwá
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ukwa (type III verb) | |||||||||
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| 1st singular | 2nd singular | 3rd singular | 1st plural | 2nd plural | 3rd plural | ||||
| m | f | ||||||||
| present indicative I | V-affirmative | ukwiyóh | ukwitóh | ukwáh | ukwáh | ukwinóh | ukwitoonúh | ukwoonúh | |
| N-affirmative | ukwiyó | ukwitó | ukwá | ukwá | ukwinó | ukwitón | ukwón | ||
| negative | múkwiyo | múkwito | múkwa | múkwa | múkwino | múkwiton | múkwon | ||
| present indicative II | affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative I | úkwuk + perfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative II | úkwuk + perfective of sugé | ||||||||
| present potential |
affirmative | ukwiyóm takkéh | ukwitóm takkéh | ukwám takkéh | ukwám takkéh | ukwinóm takkéh | ukwitoonúm takkéh | ukwoonúm takkéh | |
| past conditional |
affirmative | úkwuk + past conditional of sugé | |||||||
| -h converb | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | infinitive | ||||||
| úkwih | úkwuk | ukwínnuh | ukwíyya | ||||||
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ukwa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *uka, *ukwa (“to burn (something)”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ukwa
- (transitive) to burn (something) with fire
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ukwa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “ukā-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021