ukwa

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Afar

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Ukwa (1).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ukˈwa/ [ʔʊkʰˈwʌ]
  • Hyphenation: uk‧wa

Etymology 1

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Noun

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ukwá f 

  1. anthill; termite mound
Declension
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Declension of ukwá
absolutive ukwá
predicative ukwá
subjective ukwá
genitive ukwá
Postpositioned forms
l-case ukwál
k-case ukwák
t-case ukwát
h-case ukwáh

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ukwá

  1. (stative) give milk
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of ukwa (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative ukwiyóh ukwitóh ukwáh ukwáh ukwinóh ukwitoonúh ukwoonúh
N-affirmative ukwiyó ukwitó ukwá ukwá ukwinó ukwitón ukwón
negative múkwiyo múkwito múkwa múkwa múkwino múkwiton múkwon
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I úkwuk + perfective of én
past indicative II úkwuk + perfective of sugé
present
potential
affirmative ukwiyóm takkéh ukwitóm takkéh ukwám takkéh ukwám takkéh ukwinóm takkéh ukwitoonúm takkéh ukwoonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative úkwuk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
úkwih úkwuk ukwínnuh ukwíyya

References

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

Ye'kwana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *uka, *ukwa (to burn (something)).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ukwa

  1. (transitive) to burn (something) with fire

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ukwa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “ukā-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021