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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle
Example 57-46:
no,
napa
kuvri kom sa meso-la
no,
no
napa
neg
kuvri
cover
kom
like
sa
that
meso-la
house-
dem
/
def
No, [we] don't cover the houses like this. OR: It is not like this that we cover the houses.
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 190
Example 57-100:
fo
pa
met vaʃ pi toro nda ʃam
fo
oblig
pa
neg
met
put
vaʃ
cow
pi
and
toro
bull
nda
in
ʃam
field
You should not put cows and bulls in one field.
Example 57-101:
Marie la
pa
ʃate
Marie
Mary
la
si
pa
neg
ʃate
sing
Mary doesn't sing.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Language:
Tayo
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
own knowledge Ehrhart
Ehrhart 1993
: 190
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