Example 73-90

Huzi asilladimi mataka
Huzi
José
asi-lla-di-mi
thus-delim-emph-aff
mata-ka
kill-pst
José killed himself.
Comment:
The combination [asi-lla-di-mi] 'exactly just like this (affirmative)' is interpreted reflexively. [-lla-di] 'just emphatic' is an intensifier.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Muysken 1981: 67