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Para-linguistic usages of clicks
A tsk-type of click can either mean “no” or register failure to succeed at something.
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Both logical and affective meanings
Example 66-63:
Ts! Si! Ittu jo kinja tussa!
Ts!
aff
Si!
proh
.
interj
Ittu
det
jo
foc
kinja
do
tussa!
proh
Don't! Don't do that!
Example 66-125:
Ts, ittu kuluung, tərkəmauan.
Ts,
aff
ittu
dem
kuluung,
if
tər-kəmauan.
neg
-need
Tsk, as for that, I don't want it.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Feature:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
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