‘Except’; ‘but’; ‘only (with negative verb)’; ‘if not’; ‘maybe’ (24:12j.bis); ‘whether not’ (30:16); uncertain (19:2).
In an oath formula, kaḷ introduces a postive promissory oath (‘I swear I will surely do’): 20:53.
káˀyhe ‘he alone’ (Naumkin et al. 2019b:75)
káˀse ‘she alone’
kaḷ ke ‘unless if’
With pronominal suffixes only.
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Sg. |
Du. |
Pl. |
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1 |
kénhi |
kenníˀho |
kénki |
kenkíˀki |
kin (kɛn) |
kenníˀḥan |
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2 m. |
kenk |
kenkέ |
kénki |
kenkíˀti |
kénken |
kenkéˀten |
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2 f. |
kenš |
kenší |
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3 m. |
kãʸh (kãyš) |
kenšέ |
kénʸhi |
kenšíˀʸhi |
kénʸhen |
kenšéˀʸhen |
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3 f. |
kens |
kensέ |
kénsen |
kenséˀsen |
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The verb appears mostly in preposition to the main verb, but the reverse word order is also possible:
wa-ḳaˁ kánaḥ díˀʸheʰ šégreʰ ‘And he started again to ask the riddle of his tree’ (CSOL II 4:15)