uftuce

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uftuˈħe/, [ʔʊftʊˈħɛ]
• Hyphenation: uf‧tu‧ce

Verb

uftucé (causative uyfuttucé, passive unfuttucé)

1. (intransitive) slip
2. (transitive, + -k case) escape from

Conjugation

Conjugation of uftuce (type I verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	uftucéh	tuftucéh	yuftucéh	tuftucéh	nuftucéh	tuftuceeníh	yuftuceeníh
	N-affirmative	uftucé	tuftucé	yuftucé	tuftucé	nuftucé	tuftucén	yuftucén
	negative	máaftucinniyo	máaftucinnito	máaftucinna	máaftucinna	máaftucinnino	máaftucinniton	máaftucinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	aftucéh	taftucéh	yaftucéh	taftucéh	naftucéh	taftuceeníh	yaftuceeníh
	N-affirmative	aftucé	taftucé	yaftucé	taftucé	naftucé	taftucén	yaftucén
	negative	máaftuca	mátaftuca	máyaftuca, míyaftuca	mátaftuca	mánaftuca	mátaftucan	máyaftucan, míyaftucan
prospective	V-affirmative	aftucéliyoh, aftucéyyoh	aftucélitoh, aftucéttoh	aftucéleh	aftucéleh	aftucélinoh, aftucénnoh	aftucélitoonuh, aftucéttoonuh	aftucéloonuh
	N-affirmative	aftucéliyo, aftucéyyo	aftucélito, aftucétto	aftucéle	aftucéle	aftucélino, aftucénno	aftucéliton, aftucétton	aftucélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	aftúcuh	taftúcuh	yaftúcuh	taftúcuh	naftúcuh	taftucóonuh	yaftucóonuh
	N-affirmative	aftúcu	taftúcu	yaftúcu	taftúcu	naftúcu	taftucón	yaftucón
	negative	aftucé wáyuh	aftucé wáytuh	aftucé wáyuh	aftucé wáytuh	aftucé wáynuh	aftucé waytóonuh	aftucé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	aftucénkeh	taftucénkeh	yaftucénkeh	taftucénkeh	naftucénkeh	taftuceenínkeh	yaftuceenínkeh
	N-affirmative	aftucénke	taftucénke	yaftucénke	taftucénke	naftucénke	taftuceenínke	yaftuceenínke
	negative	aftucé wáankeh	aftucé waytánkeh	aftucé wáankeh	aftucé waytánkeh	aftucé waynánkeh	aftucé waytaanankéh	aftucé waanánkeh
jussive	affirmative	aftúcay	taftúcay	yaftúcay	taftúcay	naftúcay	taftucóonay	yaftucóonay
	negative	aftucé wáay	aftucé wáytay	aftucé wáay	aftucé wáytay	aftucé wáynay	aftucé waytóonay	aftucé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	aftucinniyóy	aftucinnitóy	aftucinnáy	aftucinnáy	aftucinninóy	aftucinnitoonúy	aftucinnoonúy
	negative	aftucé wanniyóy	aftucé wannitóy	aftucé wannáy	aftucé wannáy	aftucé wanninóy	aftucé wannitoonúy	aftucé wannoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	uftucék	tuftucék	yuftucék	tuftucék	nuftucék	tuftuceeník	yuftuceeník
	negative	aftucé wéek	aftucé wayték	aftucé wéek	aftucé wayték	aftucé waynék	aftucé wayteeník	aftucé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	aftucóo	naftucóo	imperative	affirmative	uftúc	uftúca
	negative	maaftucóo	manaftucóo		negative	máaftucin	máaftucina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
aftúcih	aftúci	aftúcuk	aftucínnuh	aftucínnuk	aftucíyya	aftucinnáanih	aftucinnáan
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 aftucé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative aftucé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative aftucé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis aftucé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “uftuce”, 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)