‘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’
See Kogan 2015:510
kɔn di- ‘to be (indeclinable) as if’:
wa-reḥábhen kɔn ʸheʰ di-ˀaḷ ŝíni ‘And Rehabhen pretended that he did not see (this) (lit. was as if he were someone who did not see).’ (CSOL I 3:11)
kɔn ho náˁaʰ di-ˀaḷ šö́baṭk ˁans ‘It was as if then I was not afraid of her.’ (CSOL II 17:15)
fáḥre tóˀo kɔn ‘all, in the entirety, all and every’:
ˁaf téken tóˀo moḥóyeṭ fáḥre tóˀo kánoʰ ‘...till it (the tree, that is, its branches) became like needles, all of it.’ (CSOL I 24:17)
With pronominal suffixes only.
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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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