emeete

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw xaw, Sidamo amo (“come!”) and Saho emeete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emeːˈte/ [ʔɛmeːˈtɛ]
• Hyphenation: e‧mee‧te

Verb

emeeté (frequentative emamemeeté)

1. (intransitive) come
2. (intransitive, + l-case) return
3. (intransitive, + l-case) fit
4. (intransitive, + l-case) deteriorate
5. (intransitive, + l-case) stay true to one's character

Conjugation

Conjugation of emeete (type I verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	emeetéh	temeetéh	yemeetéh	temeetéh	nemeetéh	temeeteeníh	yemeeteeníh
	N-affirmative	emeeté	temeeté	yemeeté	temeeté	nemeeté	temeetén	yemeetén
	negative	máamaatinniyo	máamaatinnito	máamaatinna	máamaatinna	máamaatinnino	máamaatinniton	máamaatinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	amaatéh	tamaatéh	yamaatéh	tamaatéh	namaatéh	tamaateeníh	yamaateeníh
	N-affirmative	amaaté	tamaaté	yamaaté	tamaaté	namaaté	tamaatén	yamaatén
	negative	máamaata	mátamaata	máyamaata, míyamaata	mátamaata	mánamaata	mátamaatan	máyamaatan, míyamaatan
prospective	V-affirmative	amaatéliyoh, amaatéyyoh	amaatélitoh, amaatéttoh	amaatéleh	amaatéleh	amaatélinoh, amaaténnoh	amaatélitoonuh, amaatéttoonuh	amaatéloonuh
	N-affirmative	amaatéliyo, amaatéyyo	amaatélito, amaatétto	amaatéle	amaatéle	amaatélino, amaaténno	amaatéliton, amaatétton	amaatélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	amáatuh	tamáatuh	yamáatuh	tamáatuh	namáatuh	tamaatóonuh	yamaatóonuh
	N-affirmative	amáatu	tamáatu	yamáatu	tamáatu	namáatu	tamaatón	yamaatón
	negative	amaaté wáyuh	amaaté wáytuh	amaaté wáyuh	amaaté wáytuh	amaaté wáynuh	amaaté waytóonuh	amaaté wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	amaaténkeh	tamaaténkeh	yamaaténkeh	tamaaténkeh	namaaténkeh	tamaateenínkeh	yamaateenínkeh
	N-affirmative	amaaténke	tamaaténke	yamaaténke	tamaaténke	namaaténke	tamaateenínke	yamaateenínke
	negative	amaaté wáankeh	amaaté waytánkeh	amaaté wáankeh	amaaté waytánkeh	amaaté waynánkeh	amaaté waytaanankéh	amaaté waanánkeh
jussive	affirmative	amáatay	tamáatay	yamáatay	tamáatay	namáatay	tamaatóonay	yamaatóonay
	negative	amaaté wáay	amaaté wáytay	amaaté wáay	amaaté wáytay	amaaté wáynay	amaaté waytóonay	amaaté wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	amaatinniyóy	amaatinnitóy	amaatinnáy	amaatinnáy	amaatinninóy	amaatinnitoonúy	amaatinnoonúy
	negative	amaaté wanniyóy	amaaté wannitóy	amaaté wannáy	amaaté wannáy	amaaté wanninóy	amaaté wannitoonúy	amaaté wannoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	emeeték	temeeték	yemeeték	temeeték	nemeeték	temeeteeník	yemeeteeník
	negative	amaaté wéek	amaaté wayték	amaaté wéek	amaaté wayték	amaaté waynék	amaaté wayteeník	amaaté weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	amaatóo	namaatóo	imperative	affirmative	eméet	eméeta
	negative	maamaatóo	manamaatóo		negative	máamaatin	máamaatina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
amáatih	amáati	amáatuk	amaatínnuh	amaatínnuk	amaatíyya	amaatinnáanih	amaatinnáan
Compound tenses past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké imperfect potential II affirmative imperfective + -m + takké negative amaaté + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative amaaté + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative amaaté + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis amaaté + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “emeete”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎^[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 2
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 299