Protoform: QAUA.2 [PN] Negative imperative
| Description: | Negative imperative |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *kaua |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Aua | Imperative: Don't, ...not to... | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Aua | Exclamation: non! laisse!; ne pas falloir (+*se*) impératif négatif présent; ne plus falloir (+*na*) impératif négatif passé | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | ʔAua | Particule négatif, s'emploie pour l'impératif négatif | (Rch) |
| Mangaia | ʔAuaʔa, ʔauraka. | Don't, lest | (Sta) |
| Mangareva | Ki/aua | Nég. imp. marque de défense | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Aua. ʔAaua (Atl). | Négation prohibitive. Une défense mitigée: non, nullement, ne...pas, il ne faut pas (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Aua/nei | Peut-être Problematic | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Oa, oi | De peur de, de crainte que Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Ow, maʔahʔha | Don't by any means | (Rbs) |
| Marquesas | Au/ma | Non, ne pas, nullement | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Aua = kaua | Negative imperative | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Aua. ʔAua (Tmo). | Don't | (Cct) |
| Niue | Aua | Emphatic pre-verbal negation marker for second-person imperatives; do not, don't you dare | (Sph) |
| Niue | Ua | Pre-verbal negation marker for second person imperatives; don't, do not | (Sph) |
| Nukumanu | Auu/ se | Negative imperative | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Au/de | Negative prescriptive aspect marker | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Au | Don't! | (Crn) |
| Pukapuka | Au(w)a/e | Don't | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Au/yee | Don't (formal) | (Sby) |
| Rapa | ʔAua | No, do not Problematic | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAua, ʔauaa, ʔauraka | Don't! Problematic | (Bse) |
| Sikaiana | Aua | A command not to do something being done, a call mostly to children then their parents want them to stop some activity or prevent an activity | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Au(r)aa | Not, do not, imperatively | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Au see | Negative imperative marker, don't! | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Aua | Negative imperative particle; do not! | (Sma) |
| Tongan | ʔOua | Negative in prohibitions, or after ke, etc. | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | O´-ooa | To desist, hold, forbear; softly; until | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Aua | Don't | (Hvn) |
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