ekke

Afar

Etymology

Related to Saho ekke.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ekˈke/, [ʔɛkʰˈkɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ek‧ke

Verb

ekké

  1. (copulative) become

Conjugation
    Conjugation of ekke (type I verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
perfective V-affirmative ekkéhtekkéhyekkéhtekkéhnekkéhtekkeeníhyekkeeníh
N-affirmative ekkétekkéyekkétekkénekkétekkényekkén
negative máakkinniyomáakkinnitomáakkinnamáakkinnamáakkinninomáakkinnitonmáakkinnon
imperfective V-affirmative akkéhtakkéhyakkéhtakkéhnakkéhtakkeeníhyakkeeníh
N-affirmative akkétakkéyakkétakkénakkétakkényakkén
negative máakkamátakkamáyakka,
míyakka		mátakkamánakkamátakkanmáyakkan,
míyakkan
prospective V-affirmative akkéliyoh,
akkéyyoh		akkélitoh,
akkéttoh		akkélehakkélehakkélinoh,
akkénnoh		akkélitoonuh,
akkéttoonuh		akkéloonuh
N-affirmative akkéliyo,
akkéyyo		akkélito,
akkétto		akkéleakkéleakkélino,
akkénno		akkéliton,
akkétton		akkélon
conjunctive I V-affirmative ákkuhtákkuhyákkuhtákkuhnákkuhtakkóonuhyakkóonuh
N-affirmative ákkutákkuyákkutákkunákkutakkónyakkón
negative akké wáyuhakké wáytuhakké wáyuhakké wáytuhakké wáynuhakké waytóonuhakké wóonuh
conjunctive II V-affirmative akkénkehtakkénkehyakkénkehtakkénkehnakkénkehtakkeenínkehyakkeenínkeh
N-affirmative akkénketakkénkeyakkénketakkénkenakkénketakkeenínkeyakkeenínke
negative akké wáankehakké waytánkehakké wáankehakké waytánkehakké waynánkehakké waytaanankéhakké waanánkeh
jussive affirmative ákkaytákkayyákkaytákkaynákkaytakkóonayyakkóonay
negative akké wáayakké wáytayakké wáayakké wáytayakké wáynayakké waytóonayakké wóonay
past
conditional		 affirmative akkinniyóyakkinnitóyakkinnáyakkinnáyakkinninóyakkinnitoonúyakkinnoonúy
negative akké wanniyóyakké wannitóyakké wannáyakké wannáyakké wanninóyakké wannitoonúyakké wannoonúy
present
conditional I		 affirmative ekkéktekkékyekkéktekkéknekkéktekkeeníkyekkeeník
negative akké wéekakké waytékakké wéekakké waytékakké waynékakké wayteeníkakké weeník
singular plural singular plural
consultative affirmative akkóonakkóo imperative affirmative ekkéyekkéya
negative maakkóomanakkóo negative máakkinmáakkina
-h converb -i form -k converb -in(n)uh converb -innuk converb infinitive indefinite participle
V-focus N-focus
ákkihákkiákkukakkínnuhakkínnukakkíyyaakkinnáanihakkinnáan
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 akké + imperfective of wée + -m + takké
perfect
potential		 affirmative perfective + -m + takké
negative akké + perfective of wée + -m + takké
present
conditional II		 affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék
negative akké + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék
perfect
conditional		 affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k
negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k
irrealis akké + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ekke”, 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Pronoun

ekke

  1. Emphatic or marked form of ek (“I”)
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