katî'

Musi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From prothetic ka- + tî' (“to not have, there be no, nothing”), from Proto-Malayic *ti (“basic negator”). Compare Bekati' kati' (“no, not”), the ka- in Betawi kaga' (“no, not, to not have”), and ti- in Malay tidak (“no, not”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Palembang) IPA(key): [ka.teʔ]
    • Audio (Palembang):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eʔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧tî'

Verb

katî'

  1. (Palembang) to not have; to have no

Preposition

katî'

  1. (Palembang) there be no
    Katî' wong di rumanyo. ― There is no one at their home.
  2. (Palembang) without

Pronoun

katî'

  1. (Palembang) nothing

Synonyms

  • tî', da' katî' (Palembang)
  • sué', da' sué' (Sekayu)
  • ta' naro (Penesak)

Derived terms

  • da' katî'
  • katî' agû'
  • katî'-katî'

References

  1. ^ McDonnell, B., Tadmor, U. (2015) “Reconstructing negation and negative suppletive existentials in Malayic”, in The Thirteenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 111
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