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Example 23-115
i gat pauda ia OK? [...] yu karem
long
wan smol samting, olsem bun kokonas ating i bigwan tumas
i
agr
gat
have
pauda
powder
ia
def
OK?
OK
[...]
[...]
yu
2sg
karem
bring
long
ins
wan
indf
smol
small
samting,
something
olsem
like
bun
bone
kokonas
coconut
ating
probably
i
agr
bigwan
big
tumas
very
There's this powder [=pollen], OK? [...] you bring it [to the flower] with something small, like a coconut leaf spine is too big.
Comment:
With something small
here means 'by means of/using something small'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
Comitatives and instrumentals: Overlap
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