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Knowledge base · Part XVI — Negation

130. The Prohibitive Subsystem: iteki and Negative Directives

How does the language form negative commands, and how do they relate to other negation and directive forms?

この言語では否定命令をどのように形成し、他の否定や命令形とどのように関係するか?

The dedicated prohibitive iteki, its asymmetry with declarative negation, apprehensive 'lest' uses, and links to the imperative/hortative system.

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Place in the directive system 9 sentences· 1 examples

Where does the prohibitive fit among directive forms?

iteki ape sam ta ek
PROH fire side LOC come.SG
‘Do not come near the fire.’
nakagawa2024:424 SAR Nakagawa ex. 924

Forms and dialect distribution 19 claims ·4 sentences· 2 examples

What are the dialectal variants of the prohibitive adverb?

  1. Negative imperatives are expressed with the adverb iteke in Shizunai Ainu.
    静内アイヌ語において、否定命令(禁止)は副詞 iteke によって表される。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest/shizunai all iteke
    asserts refsing1986
  2. Negative imperatives (prohibitatives) are expressed by placing the adverbial particle iteki before the verb.
    否定命令(禁止)は、動詞の前に副詞的不変化詞 iteki を置くことによって表される。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest all iteki
    asserts bugaeva2012
  3. Plural addressee or polite negative imperatives take the particle yan and verbal plurality when available, parallel to positive imperatives.
    複数の聞き手に対するまたは丁寧な否定命令でも、肯定命令と同様に yan と動詞複数形(存在する場合)が関与する。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest all yan
    asserts bugaeva2012
  4. itek, iteki, and itekki are used for negative imperatives, i.e., prohibition.
    否定命令即ち禁止には itek, iteki, itekki を用いる。
    form-function generic itekitekiitekki
    asserts kindaichi1936
  5. yan is appended when expressing prohibition politely.
    禁止を丁寧に言う時は yan を添える。
    form-function generic yan
    asserts kindaichi1936
  6. In Sakhalin Ainu, hanka (< hamka) is used for prohibition.
    樺太では禁止に hanka (< hamka) を用いる。
    form-function sakhalin generic hankahamka
    asserts kindaichi1936
  7. When ika is used for prohibition, the verb takes a nominative personal affix.
    ika を用いる場合には動詞は主格の人称接辞をとる。
    distribution generic ika
    asserts kindaichi1936
  8. Forms like ikia, ikianepheka, ikianepeka, and ikanepeka are emphatic variants of ika.
    ikia, ikianepheka, ikianepeka, ikanepeka 等は ika の強調形である。
    alternation generic ikiaikianephekaikianepekaikanepekaika
    asserts kindaichi1936
  9. Prohibition is expressed by placing hanka before the verb in Sakhalin Ainu, whereas Saru Hokkaido Ainu places 'iteki before the verb.
    禁止を表すには、樺太アイヌ語では動詞の前に hanka を置き、沙流北海道アイヌ語では 'iteki を置く。
    form-function sakhalinhokkaido/southwest/saru all hanka'iteki
    asserts murasaki2025
  10. Prohibitive clauses are formed by adding an adverb such as iteki (Saru, Chitose, Horobetsu, Abuta, etc.), itekke (Shizunai, Samani, Tokachi, etc.), etekke (Shiranuka, Bihoro, Tokachi, etc.), or ecik(k)i (Ishikari).
    禁止文は iteki (沙流・千歳・幌別・虻田など)、itekke (静内・様似・十勝など)、etekke (白糠・美幌・十勝など)、ecik(k)i (石狩) などの副詞を加えて作られる。
    form-function hokkaido generic itekiitekkeetekkeecikiecikki
    asserts nakagawa2024
  11. Other adverbs such as ika, iki(y)a, ikia(n)kunak, inkian, and archaic ikineypeka also express prohibition.
    この他に、ika、iki(y)a、ikia(n)kunak、inkian、ikineypeka (雅語) などの副詞も禁止の意味を表わす。
    membership ainu generic ikaikiyaikiakunakikiankunakinkianikineypeka
    asserts nakagawa2024
  12. The verb following prohibitive adverbs such as ika, iki(y)a, ikia(n)kunak, inkian, and ikineypeka usually takes a subject personal affix rather than the imperative form.
    その後ろに来る動詞は命令形ではなく、主格人称接辞がつくのが普通である。
    distribution ainu usually
    asserts nakagawa2024
  13. iteke is obligatory with negative commands.
    iteke は否定命令(禁止)において義務的である。
    distribution hokkaido/southwest/shizunai all iteke
    asserts refsing1986
  14. The prohibitive iteke is probably connected historically to the interjection hetak.
    禁止詞itekeはおそらく間投詞hetakと関連がある。
    diachrony hokkaido/southwest/shizunai itekehetak
    proposes refsing1986
  15. Iteke is obligatory with negative commands, whereas hetak is used only when a positive command is especially strong.
    itekeは否定命令において義務的であるが、hetakは肯定命令が特に強い場合にのみ用いられる。
    distribution hokkaido/southwest/shizunai all itekehetak
    asserts refsing1986
  16. A prohibitive sentence can be formed by placing the adverb iteki ('never / do not') before the imperative form of the verb.
    禁止表現は、命令形の前方に iteki(「決して〜するな」)という副詞を置いて作られる。
    form-function hokkaido generic iteki
    asserts sato2008
  17. A prohibitive sentence can also be formed by placing the adverb ikiyan before a verb with second-person subject marking and ending the sentence with the final particle na.
    前方に副詞 ikiyan を用い、文末を kusu ne na ではなくただ na で結ぶ禁止構文もある。
    form-function hokkaido generic ikiyanna
    asserts sato2008
  18. iteki functions as a negative/prohibitive adverb meaning 'never, by no means'.
    iteki は「決して」を意味する禁止・否定の副詞である。
    form-function iteki
    asserts sato2008
  19. Negative imperatives use the word iteki ('never').
    禁止命令(否定命令)にはiteki(「決して〜ない」)が用いられる。
    form-function ainu all iteki
    asserts shibatani1990
tane orowano etekke wenpuri ramu
now thereafter PROH bad.conduct think
‘From now on, never think bad thoughts.’
nakagawa2024:424 HK Shiranuka; Nakagawa ex. 927, after Yotake 2007:149
eciki iruska no hopuni wa e=koucaskuma=an kusu ne na
PROH be.angry CONJ get.up CONJ 2SG.O=explain=4.S PURP COP FIN
‘Get up without being angry, and I will explain the reason to you.’
nakagawa2024:424 ISH Nakagawa ex. 928, after Ōtsuka 1990:182

Position and the imperative verb 1 claims ·8 sentences· 3 examples

How is the prohibitive adverb positioned relative to the verb?

  1. The position of prohibitive adverbs like iteki may be anywhere preceding the verb.
    iteki などの位置は動詞の前であればどこでもよい。
    ordering ainu generic iteki
    asserts nakagawa2024
iteki mokor
PROH sleep
‘Do not sleep.’
kanazawa1898 SAR Kanazawa 1898; NINJAL topical dictionary, ‘Sleeping and waking’
iteki neno irara yan
PROH like.that play.tricks POL
‘Do not play such tricks.’
nakagawa2024:424 HOR Nakagawa ex. 925, after Chiri 1937a:102
ponno ka iteki ekimatek yan
a.little even PROH be.startled POL
‘Please do not be startled in the least.’
kanazawa1898 SAR Kanazawa 1898; NINJAL topical dictionary, ‘Emotions’

Person-marked prohibition and the no-linker 2 claims ·8 sentences· 2 examples

How does the prohibitive interact with person marking and the linker 'no'?

  1. To express 'do X without doing Y' in an imperative context, the conjunctive particle no connects the preceding and following clauses.
    「〜しないで〜しろ」というときには接続助詞 no で前後の文をつなぐ。
    form-function ainu generic no
    asserts nakagawa2024
  2. When connected with no, the clause following iteki can take personal affixes rather than the usual imperative form.
    この場合、iteki の後は通常の命令文ではなく、人称接辞のついた形でも可能になる。
    distribution ainu generic itekino
    asserts nakagawa2024
iteki e=esina no e=ye p ne na
PROH 2SG.A=hide CONJ 2SG.A=say NMLZ COP FIN
‘Say it without hiding it.’
nakagawa2024:425 SAR Nakagawa ex. 935
iteki i=tura no
PROH 4.O=accompany CONJ
‘Do not follow me.’
ilcaa1976 SAR Kawakami Matsuko, ILCAA Ainu materials, uwepeker 9

Directive frames after iteki 2 claims ·7 sentences· 1 examples

What clause-final directive frames follow the prohibitive?

  1. iteki can also be added to various sentence patterns expressing directive or imperative meanings other than simple imperative clauses.
    iteki は命令文以外にも命令的な意味を表すさまざまな形式の文に加えられる。
    distribution ainu generic iteki
    asserts nakagawa2024
  2. The construction consisting of a second-person subject verb followed by kusu ne na expresses prohibition when the adverb iteki is added preceding the verb.
    二人称主格動詞+kusu ne na の構文は、前方に副詞 iteki を加えると禁止の意味になる。
    form-function hokkaido generic itekikusu ne na
    asserts sato2008
somo e=e yakka pirka
NEG 2SG.A=eat even.if good
‘You need not eat.’
ijas2023 constructed HK

Co-occurrence with somo 1 claims ·4 sentences· 1 examples

Can the prohibitive and the declarative negator co-occur in one clause?

  1. In Shizunai Ainu negative commands, the prohibitive adverb iteke is used instead of the declarative negative marker somo.
    静内アイヌ語において、否定命令では平叙文否定辞 somo の代わりに禁止副詞 iteke が用いられる。
    distribution hokkaido/southwest/shizunai all itekesomo
    asserts refsing1986
iteki pasirota somo eci=ki nankor na
PROH scold NEG 2PL.A=do probably FIN
‘You are certainly not to scold (him).’
nakagawa2024:425 SAR Nakagawa ex. 932

Apprehensive warnings 4 sentences· 1 examples

How does the language express 'lest' warnings related to prohibitives?

ikiya e=hacir na
ADM 2SG.S=fall FIN
‘Be careful not to fall.’