ahiki ta taba there is nothing; there isn't anything

Part of Speech	neg.constr
MWE Structure	neg - art - n
Variant Form(s)	ahaiki ta taba
Morphology	ahiki ta taba
Gloss	not.exist NSPEC2.SG thing

• • there is nothing; there isn't anything
  • • negation

  • • Example 106:
      

      Evehee ahiki ta taba, pasi kavarau.

      But it is nothing (serious), it will pass. (lit- But there is nothing, (it) will be finished.)

      Source: Pur 05E(Eno) 185

    • Example 107:
      

      Ahaiki ta taba to vaaponis nana bona ore rahi vaadovo ni bona.

      There is nothing that would make it heavy to pull it down into the deep sea.

      Source: Tah 05R 006

    • Example 108:
      

      ahiki ta taba vai toro paku ori

      there was not anything they could have done

      Source: Pur 05R 089

Related entries

• See also:
  • ahiki¹ there is not
  • ta³ any
  • taba¹ thing