sinay

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Yilan Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From -nay (“realis negation suffix”). Compare Japanese しない (shinai, “to not exist”)

Suffix[edit]

sinay

  1. Realis negation suffix form attached to verbs or adjectives: to not be; to not exist
    kino walaxsinai ― It did not rain yesterday

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Chien Yuehchen, Shinji Sanada (2011) “台湾の宜蘭クレオールにおける否定辞―「ナイ」と「ン」の変容をめぐって― [Negation in Taiwan’s Yilan Creole: Focusing on -nay and -ng]”, in 言語研究 [Gengo Kenkyu]‎[1], number 140, pages 73-87

Yogad[edit]

Noun[edit]

sináy

  1. (anatomy) intestines
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