kaga'

Betawi

Alternative forms

  • kaga
  • kagè (Urban Jakarta)

Etymology

From prothetic ka- + ga' (“no, not”), from Javanese ꦒꦏ꧀ (gak, “no, not”). Compare the ka- in Musi kati' (“to not have; there is no; nothing”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɡaʔ/
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ga'

Adverb

kaga'

  1. no; not
    • 1969, Atjep S., “Sajur Asem [Tamarind Soup]”, in Muara Karang [Muara Karang]‎[1], performed by Lilis Suryani, Jakarta: Diastar, track A5:
      Tu yang jongkok, makannyè sayur dikobok / Mertuè sèwot, di legok kaga’ dilongok
      The squatting one gobbled up the soup and stirred it with hands / In the corner, parents-in-law got mad for not being given attention

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: (Jakarta) kagak, kaga

Verb

kaga'

  1. to not have; to have no

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ McDonnell, B.; Tadmor, U. (2015), “Reconstructing negation and negative suppletive existentials in Malayic”, in The Thirteenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 111
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