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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle
Example 76-11:
akkĭa añaninni picū'ktu pĭtcȗk
akkĭa
trade
añaninni
big
picū'ktu
want
pĭtcȗk
not
I don't want to pay a big price. He does not ask a big price., etc.
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 223
Example 76-66:
kaukau pītcūk owoxña
kaukau
eat/food
pītcūk
not
owoxña
I
I have no food. OR: I have not eaten.
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 226
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
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