äb

From Proto-Finnic *e-; this form from *epä ~ *epi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæˀb/, [ˈæˀb̥]

ä’b

1. (auxiliary) The negative verb or negation verb; not, be not, do not, etc.
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ä’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

     ma äb lǟ

     I'm not going

   • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ä’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

     ta äb tīeda

     he doesn't know

   • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ä’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

     mēg äb nǟmõ

     we don't see

   • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ä’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

     ne äb jāmstat

     they don't bite

• Since the negative verb has no infinitive forms, this is the third-person singular indicative form. It is also the third-person plural indicative, first-person singular indicative and first-person plural indicative form.
• The indicative forms of the negative verb are also used in the conditional mood.

• äb-

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ä’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[5] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra