Q. lá¹ adv. “no, not” (Category: Negation)

Q. lá¹, adv. “no, not” (Category: Negation)

References ✧ PE22/153-154, 158, 160-162, 166; VT42/33; VT49/13, 18

Glosses

• “don’t” ✧ PE22/158
• “no, not” ✧ PE22/160; VT42/33; VT49/13 (lā)
• “no, not (it isn’t, it doesn’t, not it)” ✧ PE22/153 (lā)
• “not” ✧ PE22/154 (la); PE22/154; PE22/166; VT42/33

Variations

• lá ✧ PE22/154; PE22/158; PE22/160; PE22/161; PE22/166; PE22/166; VT42/33; VT42/33
• lā ✧ PE22/153; VT49/13
• la ✧ PE22/154; PE22/160; PE22/162; VT42/33; VT49/18; PE22/158 (la)

Related

• ui “no, it is n[ot]”

Inflections

lanye	1st-sg	“I don’t, not I”	✧ PE22/153
lánye	aorist 1st-sg	“I don’t”	✧ PE22/166

Element In

• ᴺQ. !yola “neither, nor”
• ᴺQ. !yúla “neither, nor”
• Q. ála “do not”
• Q. láquet- “to deny (fact or accusation); (lit.) to say ‘it is not’”
• Q. alasaila ná lá carë tai mo nave mára “it is unwise not to do what one judges good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
• Q. itas la tuluvanyë “in that case I shan’t come (something will prevent me)” ✧ PE22/162
• Q. lá asanyë “I don’t wish to, I don’t agree” ✧ PE22/166
• Q. lá carita i hamil mára alasaila ná “not to do (in this case) what you judge good (would be) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
• Q. lá caritas alasaila cé nauva “not doing this may be/prove unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
• Q. lá caritas, navin, alasaila ná “not doing this would be (I think) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
• Q. la navin caritalyas mára “I do not advise you to do so, (lit.) I don’t judge your doing (it) good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
• Q. lasir “rather the reverse” ✧ VT49/18
• Q. quistanyes: lá istan “I suppose so, I don’t know” ✧ PE22/158
• Q. quí(ta) la tuldes, nánë márië (nin) “[if he had not come], it was well to me (I was glad)” ✧ PE22/158

Derivations

• < √LA “no, not; negative; not to be” ✧ PE22/153 (ALA); VT42/33 (ala); VT42/33 (ala)

Phonetic Developments

√ALA > lā	[lā]	✧ PE22/153
√ala > la	[lā]	✧ VT42/33

ᴹQ. lá¹ adv. “no, not” (Category: Negation)

References ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA; PE22/119-120, 122

Glosses

• “no” ✧ EtyAC/LA (lá)
• “no indeed” ✧ EtyAC/LA (lala)
• “no, not” ✧ Ety/LA
• “not” ✧ PE22/119 (la); PE22/120 (la); PE22/122 (la)

Variations

• lá ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA (lá)
• lala ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA (lala)
• la ✧ PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/122

Element In

• ᴹQ. laqe[t]- “[unglossed]”
• ᴹQ. lau(me) “no, no indeed not, on the contrary” ✧ Ety/LA (laume)
• ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·túlie ✧ PE22/122
• ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
• ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
• ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·utúliévane ✧ PE22/122
• ᴹQ. aiqe ni káraza (nila) san ette kára(za) yú “if I were doing this now (I am not), he would be doing it too” ✧ PE22/122
• ᴹQ. ni·la nyára pa matie “I am not talking about eating” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. nila tyaze matie makse “I do not like eating meat” ✧ PE22/120
• ᴹQ. níla tyaze matite sí “I don’t like eating (to eat) it now” ✧ PE22/120

Derivations

• < ᴹ√LA “no, not; to be not” ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA (LA); EtyAC/LA (LA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LA > lá

[lā]

✧ Ety/LA