Datapoint Kriol/Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’

A goal of (caused or self-propelled) motion and a ground in an expression of stative location are very consistently both marked with the preposition la/langa. No examples of pujim 'push' with a goal expression were found in the corpus, and it is possible that this verb cannot be used with a goal expression but rather means 'push over'. An example with the verb jakim 'chuck, throw' is provided instead, as well as an example of locative adjunct.

Values

At-rest marking is used to express motion-to

Example 25-218:
En dijan griba tu, wi bin wana jakim la wada.
En
and
dijan
prox:adj
griba
creeper
tu,
too
wi
1pl
bin
pst
wana
pot
jak-im
throw-tr
la
loc
wada.
water
And this creeper (plant), we would have thrown it into the water (using it as fish poison).
Example 25-301:
Yu kan getim langa thet lili rut.
Yu
2sg
kan
can.neg
get-im
get-tr
langa
loc
thet
dem
lili
lily
rut.
root
You can't get [fish when fishing] amidst the lily roots.
Example 25-302:
Ai tjakam langa det sneik.
Ai
1sg
tjak-am
throw-tr
langa
loc
det
dem
sneik.
snake
I throw it at the snake (a stone).

Source: Hudson 1985: 28

Confidence:
Very certain