àlé

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative forms

• àle, àlê

Alternative scripts

• ߊ߬ߟߋ߬ (nko)

Pronoun

àlé

1. Third person, singular, emphatic (itself)

Ngam

Etymology

From àĺ, cognate to Sar, ultimately from Proto-Sara *àʟ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa˨.le˦/

Adverb

àlé

1. do not

   M-āw sà̰y ngá̰y àlé, m-āw bèmbèé.

   I did not go far, I went to the field.

References

• Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 227.
• Mudiwa, Olukayode (2001). An Analysis of Proto-Sara. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Books. p. 156.