Datapoint Sranan/Para-linguistic usages of clicks

One type of ‘click’ sound is "suck teeth", used throughout the Caribbean (and common in West African languages) to express a variety of affective meanings ranging from annoyance to exasperation to insult.

Values

Clicks can express only affective meanings

Example 2-284:
A kon, a langa en mofo, a man meki wan tyuri, dan a gwe.
A
3sg
kon,
come
a
3sg
langa
lengthen
en
2sg
mofo,
mouth
a
det
man
man
meki
make
wan
art
tyuri,
smack
dan
then
a
3sg
gwe.
go.away
He came, he pouted?, the guy made a ‘suck teeth’ and went away.
Example 2-285:
Ma fosi, yu ben abi wan wan sma di o du a sani dati, ma te yu meki a tyuri now, dan a bigi sma kan teki yu gewoon dan a fon yu.
Ma
but
fosi,
before
yu
2sg
ben
ant
abi
have
wan
a
wan
a
sma
person
di
who
o
fut
du
do
a
the
sani
thing
dati,
that
ma
but
te
if
yu
2sg
meki
make
a
the
tyuri
"smack!"
now,
now
dan
then
a
the
bigi
old
sma
person
kan
can
teki
take
yu
2sg
gewoon
just
dan
then
a
3sg
fon
beat
yu.
2sg
But before, you had a few people who did that, but if you made the "sucking_sound_with_your_lips" now then the older person would just take you and give you a beating.
Confidence:
Certain