Protoform: KA-KORE [CE] Negative predicate marker; negative existential: there is none; pro-negative 'no!'

Description: Negative predicate marker; negative existential: there is none; pro-negative ʔno!ʔ
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << *ka 'inceptive aspect', *kore 'negative'
*0 >> *kahore

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian ʔAʔole No, not; be none, have none (Pki)
Mangareva Kakoʔa, kakonga Non (en réponse aux choses demandées; en réponse à un absent par tierce personne (ce mot est peu usité) Problematic (Rch)
Mangareva Kakore Non (Rch)
Marquesas Ca, coʔrey No, not (Rbs)
Marquesas Kakore, kakoʔe, ʔakoʔe, ʔaʔoʔe. ʔAkore (1ŋ04). ʔAkoʔe (MQN), ʔaʔe (Lch). ʔAaʔooʔee (Mtu). Non, point du tout. Ne...pas, nullement. Particule négative. (Lch). No (Mtu). (Dln)
Marquesas Ie(hh)ai A negative, not, cannot (Crk)
Penrhyn Kaakore To be not, be nothing, be zero (Sta)
Pukapuka Kaakole Emphatic negation, nothing at all, not at all Problematic (Bge)

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