Example 41-15

meshiin teem. botuspa kera kamfalaa - aka meshiin see - kera see, poy tiraa daa, botuspa
meshiin
machine
teem.
prs.be
botus-pa
2.hon-dat
kera
want
kanda
cond
falaa
quot
-
 
aka
that
meshiin
machine
see
cond
-
 
kera
want
see
cond
pooy
habil
tiraa
take
daa,
give
botus-pa
2.hon-dat
There IS a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you. (OR: We HAVE a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you.)
Comment:
This is taken from a recorded conversation, with false starts. The final clause exhibits coda element, botus-pa, on low pitch after final falling contour. The referent of botus is plural here.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 5298