[Lingtyp] NEG not.know --> know

[Ljuba Veselinova]

Dear All,

At ALT in Leipzig 2013, somebody pointed out to me that there is a language
where the verb 'not.know' has to be negated in order to get the sense
'know'; if I recall it correctly, a positive verb 'know' did not exist in
that language. Unfortunately, I did not write down neither the name of the
language, nor the example. If anyone knows of such cases, I would
appreciate it very much to hear about them.

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

All the best,
Ljuba


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