qado

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho cado and Somali cad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaˈdo/, [ʕaˈdɔ]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧do

Verb

qadó (inchoative qaddoowé)

  1. (stative) be white
  2. (stative) be clear; be plain

Conjugation

    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 qadiyóhqaditóhqadóhqadóhqadinóhqaditoonúhqadoonúh
N-affirmative qadiyóqaditóqadóqadóqadinóqaditónqadón
negative máqadiyomáqaditomáqadomáqadomáqadinomáqaditonmáqadon
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 takkéhqaditóm takkéhqadóm takkéhqadóm takkéhqadinóm takkéhqaditoonúm takkéhqadoonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative qáduk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
qádihqádukqadínnuhqadíyya

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of be white): datá (be black)

References

  • 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), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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