ukwa

Afar

Ukwa (1).

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

ukwá f 

1. anthill; termite mound

Declension

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

Verb

ukwá

1. (stative) give milk

Conjugation

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

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ukʷa]

Verb

ukwa

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

References

• 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