abite

English

Etymology

From Middle English abiten, from Old English ābītan (“to bite in pieces, tear to pieces, bite, eat, devour, gnaw, taste, partake of, consume”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bītaną (“to bite”), equivalent to a- +‎ bite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

abite (third-person singular simple present abites, present participle abiting, simple past abit, past participle abitten)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To bite; eat; devour.

Anagrams

• Batie, EBITA, beati

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiˈte/ [ʔʌbɪˈtɛ]
• Hyphenation: a‧bi‧te

Verb

abité

1. Autobenefactive form of abé
   1. (transitive) marry
   2. (transitive) commence

Conjugation

Conjugation of abite (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	abitéh	abittéh	abitéh	abittéh	abitnéh	abitteeníh	abiteeníh
	N-affirmative	abité	abitté	abité	abitté	abitné	abittén	abitén
	negative	mábitinniyo	mábitinnito	mábitinna	mábitinna	mábitinnino	mábitinniton	mábitinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	abitáh	abittáh	abitáh	abittáh	abitnáh	abittaanáh	abitaanáh
	N-affirmative	abitá	abittá	abitá	abittá	abitná	abittán	abitán
	negative	mábita	mábitta	mábita	mábitta	mábitna	mábittan	mábitan
prospective	V-affirmative	abitéliyoh abitéyyoh	abitélitoh abitéttoh	abitéleh	abitéleh	abitélinoh abiténnoh	abitélitoonuh abitéttoonuh	abitéloonuh
	N-affirmative	abitéliyo abitéyyo	abitélito abitétto	abitéle	abitéle	abitélino abiténno	abitéliton abitétton	abitélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	abítuh	abíttuh	abítuh	abíttuh	abítuh	abittóonuh	abitóonuh
	N-affirmative	abítu	abíttu	abítu	abíttu	abítu	abittón	abitón
	negative	abité wáyuh	abité wáytuh	abité wáyuh	abité wáytuh	abité wáynuh	abité waytóonuh	abité wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	abitánkeh	abittánkeh	abitánkeh	abittánkeh	abitnánkeh	abittaanánkeh	abitaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	abitánke	abittánke	abitánke	abittánke	abitnánke	abittaanánke	abitaanánke
	negative	abité wáankeh	abité waytánkeh	abité wáankeh	abité waytánkeh	abité waynánkeh	abité waytaanánkeh	abité wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	abítay	abíttay	abítay	abíttay	abítay	abittóonay	abitóonay
	negative	abité wáay	abité wáytay	abité wáay	abité wáytay	abité wáynay	abité waytóonay	abité wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	abitinniyóy	abitinnitóy	abitinnáy	abitinnáy	abitinninóy	abitinnitoonúy	abitinnoonúy
	negative	abité wanniyóy	abité wannitóy	abité wannáy	abité wannáy	abité wanninóy	abité wannitoonúy	abité wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	abiték	abitték	abiték	abitték	abitnék	abitteeník	abiteeník
	negative	abité wéek	abité wayték	abité wéek	abité wayték	abité waynék	abité wayteeník	abité weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	abitóo	abitnóo	imperative	affirmative	abít	abíta
	negative	mabitóo	mabitnóo		negative	mábitin	mábitina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
abítah	abíti	abítak	abitínnuh	abitínnuk	abitíyya	abitináanih	abitináan
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 abité + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative abité + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative abité + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis abité + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

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

Latin

Verb

abīte

1. second-person plural active imperative of abeō: go away!, depart!