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Example 15-140
wata di kɔmɔt na ĩ yai
wata
water
di
prog
kɔmɔt
come
na
loc
ĩ
poss
yai
eye
He/She is crying. OR: Tears are running down his/her cheeks.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
'Tears': Phrase/circumlocution
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