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Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin
Etymology
From Japanese か (ka).
Particle
-kaa
- marks yes/no questions
- marks if-assumptions
References
- Komei Hosokawa (1987) Malay talk on boat: an account of Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin (in Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin)
Ingrian
Etymology
Akin to Finnish -kaan.
Pronunciation
Particle
-kaa (front-vowel variant -kää) (enclitic)
- Emphasises a negative sentence; (not) even
1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:Ympäär ei henkiäkää.- There is not (even) a soul around.
- (nonproductive) Used to form negative indefinite pronouns
- mi- (“what”) + -kaa → mikkää (“nothing”)
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 147
Ojibwe
Final
-kaa
- be present, be abundant
- move, go
Derived terms
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