Datapoint Lingala/Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’

There is no special motion-from preposition (and no motion-into preposition, see Feature 82 "Transitive motion verbs: 'push'"). The verb 'pull' cannot be used with the at-rest preposition, as this would always generate an 'into' meaning (see Feature 82 "Transitive motion verbs: 'push'"), the agent of the pulling finding himself already in the target of the pulling. The at-rest preposition can be used to mean 'out of' but not with the verb 'to pull', only with verbs like 'to remove' or others.

Values

At-rest marking is used to express motion-from

Example 60-4:
abótámí na Kinshása
a-bót-ám-í
3sg-bear-pass-prs.prf
na
in
Kinshása
Kinshasa
He was born in Kinshasa.
Example 60-120:
Marie abimísákí Francine na libúlú
Marie
Marie
a-bimís-ákí
3sg-remove-pst
Francine
Francine
na
from
libúlú
hole.in.ground
Marie helped Francine come out of the hole.

Source: nd

Confidence:
Very certain