meqe

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈʕe/ [mɛˈʕe]
• Hyphenation: me‧qe

Verb

meqé

1. (stative) be good

Conjugation

Conjugation of meqe (type III verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
present indicative I	V-affirmative	miqiyóh	miqitóh	meqéh	meqéh	miqinóh	miqitoonúh	moqoonúh
	N-affirmative	miqiyó	miqitó	meqé	meqé	miqinó	miqitón	moqón
	negative	mámiqiyo	mámiqito	mámeqe	mámeqe	mámiqino	mámiqiton	mámoqon
present indicative II		affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I		múquk + perfective of én
past indicative II		múquk + perfective of sugé
present potential	affirmative	miqiyóm takkéh	miqitóm takkéh	meqém takkéh	meqém takkéh	miqinóm takkéh	miqitoonúm takkéh	moqoonúm takkéh
past conditional	affirmative	múquk + past conditional of sugé
		-h converb	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	infinitive
		míqih	múquk	miqínnuh	miqíyya

Antonyms

• umá (“be bad”)

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “meqe”, 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)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)