connegative

English

Etymology

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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