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ala

adjective

LanguageToki Pona

Meaning
  1. not
  2. nothing
  3. This is used to express negation, meaning something is not present or not happening.
Examples

mi moku ala.

I am not eating.

Part of speechadjective

Usage notePlace this after the word you want to negate.

Status: Adapted from Wikidata lexemes — awaiting native speaker review

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ala in other languages

Source: Wikidata lexemes — Wave 3 (CC0-1.0), adapted.