cigaw

Yilan Creole

Etymology

Derived from Japanese 違う (not to be).

Adverb

cigaw

  1. not
    Synonym: cigo
    are lela ga sensey cigaw. keysacu.
    He/She was not a teacher. [He/She was] a policeman.
    • 2020 March 10, 吳以諾, “Ski to yube”‎[1]:
      mayikay mayikay kure te l'eng suru cigaw kando aru to lungan sayux sitikang
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Interjection

cigaw

  1. no
    Antonyms: so, ho, hay

References

  • Chien Yuehchen (2023), “Yilan Creole”, in Handbook of Formosan Languages Online: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan‎[2], number 44, →ISSN
  • Peng Qiu (2015), A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole‎[3] (Master's thesis)
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