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Example 22-184
Em no sa lukautim dispela tupela pikinini.
Em
3sg
no
neg
sa
hab
lukautim
look.after
dispela
this
tupela
two
pikinini.
child
He did not look after these two children.
Comment:
Pikinini
is also used for 'son/daughter', even though the individuals may be adults. It is also used with animals and plants to show that they are young or only seeds yet.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: 12 year old boy, Enga Province
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Pequenino: A word derived from pequenino exists
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