Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Existential verb and transitive possession verb

Values

Identity

Example 39-18:
ũ makak tiŋ i ũ crocodile.
one
makak
monkey
t-iŋ
exist-pst
i
and
one
<crocodile>.
crocodile
[Once upon a time], there was a monkey and a crocodile.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 225

Example 39-119:
Nə te nad.
neg
te
exist.npst
nad.
nothing
No problem (lit. There is nothing).

Source: Cardoso 2009: 157

Example 39-133:
Nə Go yo te bastãt cousin i auntie.
loc
Go
Goa
yo
1sg
te
have.npst
bastãt
many
<cousin>
cousin
i
and
<auntie>.
auntie
I have many cousins and aunties in Goa.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 224

Example 39-146:
Yo tiŋ doy võtad.
Yo
1sg
t-iŋ
have-pst
doy
two
võtad.
wish
I was of two minds (lit. I had two wishes).

Source: Cardoso 2009: 167

Confidence:
Very certain