alkume

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkuˈme/ [ʔʌlkʊˈmɛ]
• Hyphenation: al‧ku‧me

Verb

alkumé

1. (intransitive) pay a bride price

Conjugation

Conjugation of alkume (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	alkuméh	alkuntéh	alkuméh	alkuntéh	alkunnéh	alkunteeníh	alkumeeníh
	N-affirmative	alkumé	alkunté	alkumé	alkunté	alkunné	alkuntén	alkumén
	negative	málkuminniyo	málkuminnito	málkuminna	málkuminna	málkuminnino	málkuminniton	málkuminnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	alkumáh	alkuntáh	alkumáh	alkuntáh	alkunnáh	alkuntaanáh	alkumaanáh
	N-affirmative	alkumá	alkuntá	alkumá	alkuntá	alkunná	alkuntán	alkumán
	negative	málkuma	málkunta	málkuma	málkunta	málkunna	málkuntan	málkuman
prospective	V-affirmative	alkuméliyoh alkuméyyoh	alkumélitoh alkuméttoh	alkuméleh	alkuméleh	alkumélinoh alkuménnoh	alkumélitoonuh alkuméttoonuh	alkuméloonuh
	N-affirmative	alkuméliyo alkuméyyo	alkumélito alkumétto	alkuméle	alkuméle	alkumélino alkuménno	alkuméliton alkumétton	alkumélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	alkúmuh	alkúntuh	alkúmuh	alkúntuh	alkúmuh	alkuntóonuh	alkumóonuh
	N-affirmative	alkúmu	alkúntu	alkúmu	alkúntu	alkúmu	alkuntón	alkumón
	negative	alkumé wáyuh	alkumé wáytuh	alkumé wáyuh	alkumé wáytuh	alkumé wáynuh	alkumé waytóonuh	alkumé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	alkumánkeh	alkuntánkeh	alkumánkeh	alkuntánkeh	alkunnánkeh	alkuntaanánkeh	alkumaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	alkumánke	alkuntánke	alkumánke	alkuntánke	alkunnánke	alkuntaanánke	alkumaanánke
	negative	alkumé wáankeh	alkumé waytánkeh	alkumé wáankeh	alkumé waytánkeh	alkumé waynánkeh	alkumé waytaanánkeh	alkumé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	alkúmay	alkúntay	alkúmay	alkúntay	alkúmay	alkuntóonay	alkumóonay
	negative	alkumé wáay	alkumé wáytay	alkumé wáay	alkumé wáytay	alkumé wáynay	alkumé waytóonay	alkumé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	alkuminniyóy	alkuminnitóy	alkuminnáy	alkuminnáy	alkuminninóy	alkuminnitoonúy	alkuminnoonúy
	negative	alkumé wanniyóy	alkumé wannitóy	alkumé wannáy	alkumé wannáy	alkumé wanninóy	alkumé wannitoonúy	alkumé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	alkumék	alkunték	alkumék	alkunték	alkunnék	alkunteeník	alkumeeník
	negative	alkumé wéek	alkumé wayték	alkumé wéek	alkumé wayték	alkumé waynék	alkumé wayteeník	alkumé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	alkumóo	alkunnóo	imperative	affirmative	alkúm	alkúma
	negative	malkumóo	malkunnóo		negative	málkumin	málkumina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
alkúmah	alkúmi	alkúmak	alkumínnuh	alkumínnuk	alkumíyya	alkumináanih	alkumináan
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 alkumé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative alkumé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative alkumé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis alkumé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

Derived terms

• alkumeená

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “alkume”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN