yaabe

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaːˈbe/ [jaːˈbɛ]
• Hyphenation: yaa‧be

Verb

yaabé (causative yaabisé, frequentative yabamyaabé, autobenefactive yaabité)

1. (intransitive) talk, speak

Conjugation

Conjugation of yaabe (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	yaabéh	yaabtéh	yaabéh	yaabtéh	yaabnéh	yaabteeníh	yaabeeníh
	N-affirmative	yaabé	yaabté	yaabé	yaabté	yaabné	yaabtén	yaabén
	negative	máyaabinniyo	máyaabinnito	máyaabinna	máyaabinna	máyaabinnino	máyaabinniton	máyaabinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	yaabáh	yaabtáh	yaabáh	yaabtáh	yaabnáh	yaabtaanáh	yaabaanáh
	N-affirmative	yaabá	yaabtá	yaabá	yaabtá	yaabná	yaabtán	yaabán
	negative	máyaaba	máyaabta	máyaaba	máyaabta	máyaabna	máyaabtan	máyaaban
prospective	V-affirmative	yaabéliyoh yaabéyyoh	yaabélitoh yaabéttoh	yaabéleh	yaabéleh	yaabélinoh yaabénnoh	yaabélitoonuh yaabéttoonuh	yaabéloonuh
	N-affirmative	yaabéliyo yaabéyyo	yaabélito yaabétto	yaabéle	yaabéle	yaabélino yaabénno	yaabéliton yaabétton	yaabélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	yáabuh	yáabtuh	yáabuh	yáabtuh	yáabuh	yaabtóonuh	yaabóonuh
	N-affirmative	yáabu	yáabtu	yáabu	yáabtu	yáabu	yaabtón	yaabón
	negative	yaabé wáyuh	yaabé wáytuh	yaabé wáyuh	yaabé wáytuh	yaabé wáynuh	yaabé waytóonuh	yaabé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	yaabánkeh	yaabtánkeh	yaabánkeh	yaabtánkeh	yaabnánkeh	yaabtaanánkeh	yaabaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	yaabánke	yaabtánke	yaabánke	yaabtánke	yaabnánke	yaabtaanánke	yaabaanánke
	negative	yaabé wáankeh	yaabé waytánkeh	yaabé wáankeh	yaabé waytánkeh	yaabé waynánkeh	yaabé waytaanánkeh	yaabé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	yáabay	yáabtay	yáabay	yáabtay	yáabnay	yaabtóonay	yaabóonay
	negative	yaabé wáay	yaabé wáytay	yaabé wáay	yaabé wáytay	yaabé wáynay	yaabé waytóonay	yaabé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	yaabinniyóy	yaabinnitóy	yaabinnáy	yaabinnáy	yaabinninóy	yaabinnitoonúy	yaabinnoonúy
	negative	yaabé wanniyóy	yaabé wannitóy	yaabé wannáy	yaabé wannáy	yaabé wanninóy	yaabé wannitoonúy	yaabé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	yaabék	yaabték	yaabék	yaabték	yaabnék	yaabteeník	yaabeeník
	negative	yaabé wéek	yaabé wayték	yaabé wéek	yaabé wayték	yaabé waynék	yaabé wayteeník	yaabé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	yaabóo	yaabnóo	imperative	affirmative	yáb	yába
	negative	mayaabóo	mayaabnóo		negative	máyaabin	máyaabina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
yáabah	yáabi	yáabak	yaabínnuh	yaabínnuk	yaabíyya	yaabináanih	yaabináan
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 yaabé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative yaabé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative yaabé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis yaabé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

Derived terms

• yab

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “yaabe”, 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), page 300

West Makian

Etymology

May contain the element be (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaː.ˈbe/

Noun

yaabe

1. rudder

References

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics