Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Noun phrase conjunction and comitative

Values

Differentiation

Example 41-3:
tiimassu fiiyu kum delfassu fiiyu takustumaaski
tiimas-su
Timus-gen
fiiyu
son
kum
and
delfas-su
Delfus-gen
fiiyu
son
ta-kustumaa=ski
prs-practice=report
Timus’s son and Delfus’s son are practicing, apparently.
Sri Lanka English: Timus’s son and Delfus’s son are practicing, it seems.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5429

Example 41-7:
maal poɖiyaas juuntu boom poɖiyaas jafoy see taam, maal poɖiyaas falaa mee nɔɔmi
maal
bad
poɖiyaas
child
juuntu
with
boom
good
poɖiyaas
child
jaa-foy
pst-go
see
cond
taam
conc
maal
bad
poɖiyaas
child
falaa
quot
mee
foc
nɔɔmi
name
If good children go with bad children, even though [they may be good children], they only get a bad name [i.e. their name is "bad children"].

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5281

Confidence:
Very certain