Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Para-linguistic usages of clicks

A tsk-type of click can either mean “no” or register failure to succeed at something.

Values

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