lá

adverb. no, not

Derivations

• √LA “no, not; negative; not to be” ✧ PE22/153; VT42/33

Element in

• Q. ála “do not”
• Q. alasaila ná lá carë tai mo nave mára “it is unwise not to do what one judges good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
• Q. itas la tuluvanyë “in that case I shan’t come (something will prevent me)” ✧ PE22/162
• Q. lá asanyë “I don’t wish to, I don’t agree” ✧ PE22/166
• Q. lá carita i hamil mára alasaila ná “not to do (in this case) what you judge good (would be) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
• Q. lá caritas alasaila cé nauva “not doing this may be/prove unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
• Q. lá caritas, navin, alasaila ná “not doing this would be (I think) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
• Q. la navin caritalyas mára “I do not advise you to do so, (lit.) I don’t judge your doing (it) good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
• Q. láquet- “to deny (fact or accusation); (lit.) to say ‘it is not’”
• Q. lá istan “I suppose so, I don’t know” ✧ PE22/158
• Q. quí(ta) la tuldes, nánë márië (nin) “[if he had not come], it was well to me (I was glad)” ✧ PE22/158
• Q. lasir “rather the reverse” ✧ VT49/18
• ᴺQ. yola “neither, nor”
• ᴺQ. yúla “neither, nor”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ALA > lā	[lā]	✧ PE22/153
√ala > la	[lā]	✧ VT42/33

Variations

• lā ✧ PE22/153; VT49/13
• la ✧ PE22/154; PE22/158 (la); PE22/160; PE22/162; VT42/33; VT49/18
• lá ✧ PE22/154; PE22/158; PE22/160; PE22/161; PE22/166; PE22/166; VT42/33; VT42/33