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Etymology
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Particle
wanaa
- (Maasina) is not, it is not, not
Taa hoola o sabo o wanaa koolniiɗo.- Don't believe him, he is not trustworthy.
Mi ɗalii o golle sabo o wanaa jiɗɗo golle.- I fired him because he doesn't like to work.
Gorko o yankirii sabo o wi'ii wanaa Laamɗo tomni ƴuwoonde.- That fellow blasphemed because he said it wasn't God that made it rain.
Si wanaa mi yarna na'i hannden fu ɗi tampan.- If I don't water the cows today, they will be stressed.
Miɗo anndi ɓe fuu, si wanaa tummbiiɗo hakkunde Ali e Muusa oon.- I know all of them, except the one between Ali and Muusa.
Usage notes
- Various grammars list this term as either a defective verb or as a particle
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