Afar edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Saho cado and Somali cad.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕaˈdo/, [ʕaˈdɔ]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧do

Verb edit

qadó (inchoative qaddoowé)

  1. (stative) be white
  2. (stative) be clear; be plain

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of qado (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative qadiyóh qaditóh qadóh qadóh qadinóh qaditoonúh qadoonúh
N-affirmative qadiyó qaditó qadó qadó qadinó qaditón qadón
negative máqadiyo máqadito máqado máqado máqadino máqaditon máqadon
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I qáduk + perfective of én
past indicative II qáduk + perfective of sugé
present
potential
affirmative qadiyóm takkéh qaditóm takkéh qadóm takkéh qadóm takkéh qadinóm takkéh qaditoonúm takkéh qadoonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative qáduk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
qádih qáduk qadínnuh qadíyya

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of "be white"): datá (be black)

Related terms edit

References edit

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qado”, 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)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)