Negation

Verbal negation

V negation is (in our data so far) most frequently expressed as part of a polyexponent verbal suffix. Verbal negation does not seem separable syntactically from TAM marking.

A negative imperative does exist; see the notes on this under Imperatives and Hortatives.

Nominal negation

N negation is attested (with proclitic jege=) but this is under-researched for the time being.

Adjectival and Adverb "negation"

Antonymic As are formed from Vs by way of the derivational suffix -eer, e.g. ʄiʄ "to be clever"; ʄiʄu "clever"; ʄiʄeer "stupid" (067).