Polarity: polarity
| Values: | Neg | Pos |
Polarity indicates negation or affirmation on grammatical items.
In Khoekhoe, it pertains to only four types of words:
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the negative particle tama
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the negative future auxiliary tite
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the negative interjections hî-î, nee
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the positive interjections ā, î, ja.
Pos: positive, affirmative
Examples
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ā “yes”
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î “yes”
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ja “yes”
Neg: negative
Examples
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tama “not”
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tite “will not”
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hî-î “no”
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nee “no”
Polarity in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [el] [en] [es] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gub] [hy] [jaa] [ky] [pcm] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [xcl]