sinay

Yilan Creole

Etymology

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

Suffix

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

• sang

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

Yogad

Noun

sináy

1. (anatomy) intestines