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Kana

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Kana

adverbnounprepositionadjectivepronoundemonstrativeReviewed

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    adverb
    of negation. No.
  2. 2
    noun
    Refusal.
  3. 3
    • Prep. indicating lack, deprivation or absence
    • Without.
    Examples
    • 💬kitari kana
    • 💬kúria kana
  4. 4
    • Adj. and demonstr. pron. designating (the little thing) that is distant from the one [spoken to
    • That (fem.); that (masc.).].
    Examples
    • 💬kahombokanakanete
  5. 5
    • spoken to
    • That (fem.); that (masc.).
    Examples
    • 💬kahombokanakanete
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Kaná

adverbprepositionReviewed

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    adverb
    • No; never.
    • It cannot be.
  2. 2
    Prep. denoting abstention.
  3. 3
    absolutely. (More correct, but less used.)
    Examples
    • 💬kaná kiene
  4. 4
    there is none; there is not.
    Examples
    • 💬kanáku
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