qasa

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho casa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaˈsa/, [ʕaˈsʌ]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧sa

Verb

qasá (frequentative qasamqasá, inchoative qassoowé)

  1. (stative) to be red
  2. (stative) to be raw
  3. (stative) to be new

Conjugation

    Conjugation of qasa (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative qasiyóhqasitóhqasáhqasáhqasinóhqasitoonúhqasoonúh
N-affirmative qasiyóqasitóqasáqasáqasinóqasitónqasón
negative máqasiyomáqasitomáqasamáqasamáqasinomáqasitonmáqason
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I qásuk + perfective of én
past indicative II qásuk + perfective of sugé
present
potential
affirmative qasiyóm takkéhqasitóm takkéhqasám takkéhqasám takkéhqasinóm takkéhqasitoonúm takkéhqasoonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative qásuk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
qásihqásukqasínnuhqasíyya

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qasa”, 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)

Quechua

Adjective

qasa

  1. cold
  2. snowy

Noun

qasa

  1. frost, hoarfrost
  2. snow, hail

Declension

See also

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