okme

okme

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *-uħm-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /okˈme/

Verb

okmé

1. (transitive) eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of okme (irregular)
	Indicative
	Perfective		Imperfective
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
1st singular	okmé	makminniyó	akmé	makmá
2nd singular	tokmé	makminnitó	takmé	matakmá
3rd singular m	yokmé	makminná	yakmé	mayakmá
3rd singular f	tokmé	makminná	takmé	matakmá
1st plural	nokmé	makminninó	nakmé	manakmá
2nd plural	tokmeení	makminnitonú	takmeení	matakmaaná
3rd plural	yokmeení	makminnonú	yakmeení	mayakmaaná
	Imperative		Optative
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
singular	akúm	makmín	akámay	akmé way
plural	akumá	makminá	akmóonay	akmé wóonay
	Obligative		Conjunctive
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
1st singular	akmeemí	akmé waamá	akámu	akmé wáyu
2nd singular	takmeemí	akmé waytaamá	takámu	akmé wáytu
3rd singular m	yakmeemí	akmé waamá	yakámu	akmé wáyu
3rd singular f	takmeemí	akmé waytaamá	takámu	akmé wáytu
1st plural	nakmeemí	akmé waynaamá	nakámu	akmé wáynu
2nd plural	takmeenimí	akmé waytaanamá	takmóonu	akmé waytóonu
3rd plural	yakmeenimí	akmé waanaamá	yakmóonu	akmé wóonu
	Consultative			Positive converb
	Positive	Negative	-h	akámih
singular	akmóo	makmóo	-k	akámuk
plural	nakmóo	manakmóo	-ín(n)uh	akmínnuh
	Future prospective		-ínnuk	akmínnuk
	Positive	Negative		Negative converb
1st singular	akmeliyó	akmé waamá	-h	akmé waah
2nd singular	akmelitó	akmé waytaamá	-k	akmé waak
3rd singular m	akmelé	akmé waamá	-ín(n)uh	akmé wánnuh
3rd singular f	akmelé	akmé waytaamá	-ínnuk	akmé wánnuk
1st plural	akmelinó	akmé waynaamá
2nd plural	akmelitónu	akmé waytaanamá
3rd plural	akmelónu	akmé waanaamá
Compound tenses Past perfect perfective + -h + imperfective of en Present progressive imperfective + -h + imperfective of en Past progressive -k converb + perfective of sugé Future progressive -k converb + imperfective of sugé Past anterior imperfective + -h + perfective of en imperfective + -h + perfective of sugé Future anterior perfective + -h + imperfective of sugé imperfective + -h + future simple of sugé Past habitual -k converb + imperfective of en -k converb + imperfective of sugé Defective akmé + perfective of raaré akmé + perfective of xaaxé Immediate future positive conjunctive + imperfective of wee

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 470