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Example 25-273
[...] kilimbat
gota
stik
[...]
[...]
kil-im-bat
hit-
tr
-
prog
gota
ins
stik
stick
[...] hitting him with a stick
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the instrumental function of the preposition
gota.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
Comitatives and instrumentals: Identity
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