Datapoint Creolese/Para-linguistic usages of clicks

The most emphatic form of a click is the 'suck teeth', which is performed as an ingressive fricative passing through either the front teeth, or more often laterally along the side of the mouth and then through the teeth.

Values

Both logical and affective meanings

Example 5-180:
Speaker 1: Kom, na? – Speaker 2: Schuups!
Speaker
Speaker
1:
1:
Kom,
come
na?
no
–
–
Speaker
Speaker
2:
2:
Schuups!
no
Speaker 1: Won't you come? – Speaker 2: No!
Example 5-181:
Speaker 1: Gyal mi laik di wee yu waak. – Speaker 2: Schuups!
Speaker
Speaker
1:
1:
Gyal
Girl
mi
I
laik
like
di
the
wee
way
yu
you
waak.
walk.
–
–
Speaker
Speaker
2:
2:
Schuups!
Go.away
Speaker 1: Girl, I like the way you walk. – Speaker 2: Leave me alone!
Confidence:
Very certain