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Example 28-57
di en bara moi ka
di
the
en
one
bara
arm/hand
moi
good
ka
neg
His one hand is not good.
Comment:
The speaker here decided to be completely explicit about the singular reference of
bara
. As seen earlier, this is in fact optional.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 564
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
Syllable onsets: Onsets may be complex
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