Example 19-78

Dì pànkek bìn tu tik.
def
pàn-kek
pan.cpd-cake
bìn
pst
tu
too
tik.
be.thick
The pancake was too thick.
Comment:
There is no example in the corpus in which the past marker is followed by a temporal adverb. The only examples found involve the preverbal degree adverb /tu/ 'too (much)'. However it can be established beyond doubt that the property item /tik/ 'be thick' is a verb in Pichi, not an adjective. CPD stands for deleted high tone in ComPounD.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data