connegative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Old French con-bor.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-bor.
Middle English con-
English con-
English negative
English connegative

    From con- + negative.

    Noun

    Examples
    • Finnish tule (“not come”)

    connegative (plural connegatives)

    1. A verb form used with a negative verb in certain languages.
      • 2023, Daniel Abondolo, Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, editors, The Uralic Languages, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 380:
        The present connegative has a unique stem form homophonous with that of the imperative (ei tule ‘doesn't come,’ tule!, ‘come!’).

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