Januubi Arabic negation

Januubi is a dialect of Gulf Arabic spoken in the province of Asir in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Its standard negator is the preverbal particle maa, and prohibitions use laa. Both occur expletively, contributing no negation: maa under gabl 'before' and b-il-guwah 'barely', and laa under verbs of fearing. The description follows Jin and Koenig, whose examples are the rows of Data.Examples.JinKoenig2021.

References

• [JK21]

def Januubi.Negation.maa : Negation.Marker

maa, the standard negator.

Equations

• Januubi.Negation.maa = { pieces := [[Morphology.Morph.free "maa"]] }

def Januubi.Negation.laa : Negation.Marker

laa, the prohibitive negator.

Equations

• Januubi.Negation.laa = { pieces := [[Morphology.Morph.free "laa"]] }

def Januubi.Negation.standard : List Negation.Marker

The standard negators.

Equations

• Januubi.Negation.standard = [Januubi.Negation.maa]