-nay

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese ない (-nai, “negative form of verbs”).

Suffix

-nay

1. Realis negation suffix.

Antonyms

• -ng (“irrealis negation suffix”)

References

• 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