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Basque
Noun
katek
- ergative indefinite of kate
Musi
Etymology
From ka- + tek (“not, none”), from Proto-Malayic *ti- (compare the prothetic ka- in Betawi kaga' and ti- in Malay tidak).
Pronunciation
Adverb
katek
- (Palembang) there be no
- Synonyms: (Palembang) tek, dak katek, (Sekayu) suek, dak suek
Preposition
katek
- (Palembang) without (not having)
- Synonyms: (Palembang) tek, dak katek, (Sekayu) suek, dak suek
Derived terms
References
- McDonnell, Bradley; Tadmor, Uri (2015). "Reconstructing negation and negative suppletive existentials in Malayic". The Thirteenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics. Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, 18-23 July 2015, p. 111.