haana not

Part of Speech clitic constr
MWE Structure neg = tam
Morphology haa=na
Gloss NEG2=3SG.IPFV
    • not
      • negation
      • Comment The second part of a disjunctive negation <sa/saka...haa> hosts the clitic imperfective aspect marker <na>.
      • Example 1396:
        Pasi tii koa vo nom enei, samin sisibu haana, ...
        (It) must be like this, (she) should never bathe, ...
        Source: Iar 02RG 228
      • Example 1788:
        saka manin pita haana tea tahii
        (she) must not walk in the sea at all
        Source: Iar 02RG 215

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