anxaxini
Afar edit
Etymology edit
Related to Saho andharha (“to be green”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
anxaxiní (causative anxaxisé, inchoative anxaxxoowé)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of anxaxini (type III verb) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | 2nd singular | 3rd singular | 1st plural | 2nd plural | 3rd plural | ||||
| m | f | ||||||||
| present indicative I | V-affirmative | anxaxiniyóh | anxaxinitóh | anxaxiníh | anxaxiníh | anxaxininóh | anxaxinitoonúh | anxaxinoonúh | |
| N-affirmative | anxaxiniyó | anxaxinitó | anxaxiní | anxaxiní | anxaxininó | anxaxinitón | anxaxinón | ||
| negative | máanxaxiniyo | máanxaxinito | máanxaxini | máanxaxini | máanxaxinino | máanxaxiniton | máanxaxinon | ||
| present indicative II | affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative I | anxaxínuk + perfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative II | anxaxínuk + perfective of sugé | ||||||||
| present potential |
affirmative | anxaxiniyóm takkéh | anxaxinitóm takkéh | anxaxiním takkéh | anxaxiním takkéh | anxaxininóm takkéh | anxaxinitoonúm takkéh | anxaxinoonúm takkéh | |
| past conditional |
affirmative | anxaxínuk + past conditional of sugé | |||||||
| -h converb | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | infinitive | ||||||
| anxaxínih | anxaxínuk | anxaxinínnuh | anxaxiníyya | ||||||
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “anxaxini”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN