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Example 11-62
Dei chop aaf den han or dei get ded.
Dei
3pl
chop
chop
aaf
off
den
3pl
.
poss
han
hand
or
or
dei
3pl
get
get
ded.
dead
They chop off their hand/hands or they get themselves killed.
Comment:
As indicated in the translation, the structure does not change, whether one or two hands per person are chopped off.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
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