-nay
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Yilan Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Japanese ない (-nai, “negative form of verbs”).
Suffix
[edit]-nay
- Realis negation suffix.
Antonyms
[edit]- -ng (“irrealis negation suffix”)
References
[edit]- Chien Yuehchen, Shinji Sanada (2011) “台湾の宜蘭クレオールにおける否定辞―「ナイ」と「ン」の変容をめぐって― [Negation in Taiwan’s Yilan Creole: Focusing on -nay and -ng]”, in 言語研究 [Gengo Kenkyu][1], number 140, pages 73-87