haara not

Part of Speech clitic constr
MWE Structure neg = tam
Morphology haa=ra
Gloss NEG2=1PL.IN.IPFV
    • not
      • negation
      • Comment The second part of a disjunctive negation <sa/saka...haa> hosts the clitic imperfective aspect marker of the 1st person plural inclusive
      • Example 1637:
        Sue vai, "Eara saka manin gogi haara, eara abana. Amaa moon to pasi nomaa tea tara bona maa sinivi iana.
        (He) said, "We don´t ever do the gogi celebration, we men. It is the women who come to see the canoes (full of) fish.
        Source: Sii 06RG 171-172
      • Example 1789:
        Eara saka manini vigisi haara.
        We must not be late.
        Source: Sii 06E(Joy) 197

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