Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Negation and indefinite pronouns

Values

Co-occurrence with predicate negation

Example 42-180:
nté nada na riba di meza
nté
neg.have
nada
nothing
na
loc
riba
top
di
of
meza
table
There is nothing on the table.

Source: Baxter 1988: 55

Example 42-181:
nggéng ńgka olá nada
nggéng
nobody
ńgka
neg
olá
see
nada
nothing
Nobody saw anything.

Source: Baxter 1988: 55

Example 42-182:
eli ngka olá ki ki (pun)
eli
3sg
ngka
neg
olá
see
ki
what
ki
what
(pun)
(at.all)
He didn’t see anything (at all).
Example 42-183:
eli ngka olá keng keng (pun)
eli
3sg
ngka
neg
olá
see
keng
who
keng
who
(pun)
(emph)
He didn’t see anyone at all.

Source: Baxter 1988: 55

Confidence:
Very certain