emeete

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xaw, Sidamo amo (“come!”) and Saho emeete.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /emeːˈte/
  • Hyphenation: e‧mee‧te

Verb

emeeté (frequentative emamemeeté)

  1. (intransitive) come
  2. (intransitive, + l-case) return
  3. (intransitive, + l-case) fit
  4. (intransitive, + l-case) deteriorate
  5. (intransitive, + l-case) stay true to one's character

Conjugation
    Conjugation of emeete (type I verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
perfective V-affirmative emeetéhtemeetéhyemeetéhtemeetéhnemeetéhtemeeteeníhyemeeteeníh
N-affirmative emeetétemeetéyemeetétemeeténemeetétemeetényemeetén
negative máamaatinniyomáamaatinnitomáamaatinnamáamaatinnamáamaatinninomáamaatinnitonmáamaatinnon
imperfective V-affirmative amaatéhtamaatéhyamaatéhtamaatéhnamaatéhtamaateeníhyamaateeníh
N-affirmative amaatétamaatéyamaatétamaaténamaatétamaatényamaatén
negative máamaatamátamaatamáyamaata,
míyamaata		mátamaatamánamaatamátamaatanmáyamaatan,
míyamaatan
prospective V-affirmative amaatéliyoh,
amaatéyyoh		amaatélitoh,
amaatéttoh		amaatélehamaatélehamaatélinoh,
amaaténnoh		amaatélitoonuh,
amaatéttoonuh		amaatéloonuh
N-affirmative amaatéliyo,
amaatéyyo		amaatélito,
amaatétto		amaatéleamaatéleamaatélino,
amaaténno		amaatéliton,
amaatétton		amaatélon
conjunctive I V-affirmative amáatuhtamáatuhyamáatuhtamáatuhnamáatuhtamaatóonuhyamaatóonuh
N-affirmative amáatutamáatuyamáatutamáatunamáatutamaatónyamaatón
negative amaaté wáyuhamaaté wáytuhamaaté wáyuhamaaté wáytuhamaaté wáynuhamaaté waytóonuhamaaté wóonuh
conjunctive II V-affirmative amaaténkehtamaaténkehyamaaténkehtamaaténkehnamaaténkehtamaateenínkehyamaateenínkeh
N-affirmative amaaténketamaaténkeyamaaténketamaaténkenamaaténketamaateenínkeyamaateenínke
negative amaaté wáankehamaaté waytánkehamaaté wáankehamaaté waytánkehamaaté waynánkehamaaté waytaanankéhamaaté waanánkeh
jussive affirmative amáataytamáatayyamáataytamáataynamáataytamaatóonayyamaatóonay
negative amaaté wáayamaaté wáytayamaaté wáayamaaté wáytayamaaté wáynayamaaté waytóonayamaaté wóonay
past
conditional		 affirmative amaatinniyóyamaatinnitóyamaatinnáyamaatinnáyamaatinninóyamaatinnitoonúyamaatinnoonúy
negative amaaté wanniyóyamaaté wannitóyamaaté wannáyamaaté wannáyamaaté wanninóyamaaté wannitoonúyamaaté wannoonúy
present
conditional I		 affirmative emeetéktemeetékyemeetéktemeetéknemeetéktemeeteeníkyemeeteeník
negative amaaté wéekamaaté waytékamaaté wéekamaaté waytékamaaté waynékamaaté wayteeníkamaaté weeník
singular plural singular plural
consultative affirmative amaatóonamaatóo imperative affirmative eméeteméeta
negative maamaatóomanamaatóo negative máamaatinmáamaatina
-h converb -i form -k converb -in(n)uh converb -innuk converb infinitive indefinite participle
V-focus N-focus
amáatihamáatiamáatukamaatínnuhamaatínnukamaatíyyaamaatinnáanihamaatinnáan
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 amaaté + imperfective of wée + -m + takké
perfect
potential		 affirmative perfective + -m + takké
negative amaaté + perfective of wée + -m + takké
present
conditional II		 affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék
negative amaaté + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék
perfect
conditional		 affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k
negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k
irrealis amaaté + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References
  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “emeete”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle; Mohamed Hassan Kamil (Aug 2013), “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 2
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 299
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