Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/The prohibitive

A negative imperative verb suffix tussa is etymologically a contraction of tak usah
('not necessary').

Values

Normal imperative construction and special negator

Example 66-32:
Sigretpəðə minung(-la)!
Sigret-pəðə
cigarette-pl
minung(-la)!
drink(-imp)
Smoke cigarettes!
Example 66-62:
Sigretpəðə təRəminung.
Sigret-pəðə
cigarette-pl
tuma-minung.
neg.fin-drink
You don't (won't) smoke cigarettes.
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!
Confidence:
Very certain