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Example 19-66
[...] nà wan
stayl
fɔ̀ Pichi
fɔ̀ wan barrio fɔ̀ Camerún.
[...]
[...]
nà
foc
wan
one
stayl
manner
fɔ̀
assoc
Pichi
Pichi
fɔ̀
assoc
wan
one
barrio
quarter
fɔ̀
assoc
Camerún.
Cameroon
[...] that's a style of Pichi of a quarter for/in Cameroon.
Comment:
This construction is specialized to the expression of general part-whole relations.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
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