Datapoint Fanakalo/Indefinite pronouns

In addition to muye into, there is the negative lutho 'nothing' in Fanakalo. This form is etymologically related to into 'thing'; but I don't think pidgin speakers make the connection. Some books give a form utho 'something', which is a free lexical form from Zulu, the main substrate. I haven't heard this form in colloquial speech.

Values

Generic-noun-based indefinites

Example 61-20:
Mina bukile yena akha muye into.
Mina
I
buk-ile
see-pst
yena
he
akh-a
make-v
muye
one
into.
thing
I saw him making something.
Confidence:
Intermediate