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Example 30-178
E pega kabésa, e bota-l
dentu
lumi.
E=pega
3sg
=take
kabésa
head
e=bota=l
3sg
=throw=
3sg
dentu
in
lumi.
fire
She took the head and threw it into the fire.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. bota
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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