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Example 30-62
Algen ki ten un odju ségu ê kololu.
Algen
somebody
ki=ten
comp
=have
un=odju
one=eye
ségu
blind
ê
be
kololu.
kololu
Somebody who is blind on one eye is called "kololu".
German:
Jemanden, der auf einem Auge blind ist, nennt man "kololu".
Comment:
Compare with
E ten odju azul
'He has blue eyes'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. kololu
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
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