qado
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Afar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Saho cado and Somali cad.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
qadó (inchoative qaddoowé)
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]
- qídi (“white”)
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)