fůmă (02_Particles in Asaxi)
fůmă
Pronunciation
IPA: /fuu̯maɪ/
Lexical Classification
Category: Particle Sub-category: Quantifier (Existential)
Definition
A quantifier used to specify a subset containing zero members of a category. Semantic opposite of mă (every). While mă denotes a total inclusion, fůmă denotes absolute absence within a specific frame of reference.
Etymology
Derived from the privative prefix fů- (denoting lack or the opposite) and the quantifier mă (every).
Examples
- To wo apa fůmă chỏnů
- I ate none of the apples