Example 34-169

[disapproval_click] Si manera ka sabi-mi nada.
[disapproval_click]
[disapproval_click]
Si
poss.3sg
manera
manners
ka
neg
ø
pfv
sabi-mi
nice-1sg.indp
nada.
nothing
(My god!) I do not like his manners at all.
Comment:
This click consists of aspiration of the air with the apex of the tongue behind supeior teeth on the alveoli. The action of performing this special click has a designation in Casamancese: the verb kiyá ~ ciyá. (There is also a similar verb in Capeverdean.)
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge