Afar edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Saho casa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕaˈsa/, [ʕaˈsʌ]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧sa

Verb edit

qasá (frequentative qasamqasá, inchoative qassoowé)

  1. (stative) to be red
  2. (stative) to be raw
  3. (stative) to be new

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of qasa (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative qasiyóh qasitóh qasáh qasáh qasinóh qasitoonúh qasoonúh
N-affirmative qasiyó qasitó qasá qasá qasinó qasitón qasón
negative máqasiyo máqasito máqasa máqasa máqasino máqasiton máqason
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I qásuk + perfective of én
past indicative II qásuk + perfective of sugé
present
potential
affirmative qasiyóm takkéh qasitóm takkéh qasám takkéh qasám takkéh qasinóm takkéh qasitoonúm takkéh qasoonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative qásuk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
qásih qásuk qasínnuh qasíyya

References edit

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qasa”, 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)

Quechua edit

Adjective edit

qasa

  1. cold
  2. snowy

Noun edit

qasa

  1. frost, hoarfrost
  2. snow, hail

Declension edit

See also edit