Example 31-61

Gentis lebadu bárku-bárku, es more mónti-mónti.
Gentis
people
lebadu
carried
bárku~bárku,
boat~boat
es
they
more
died
mónti~mónti.
heap~heap
People were carried away boat after boat, they died in numbers.
Comment:
The reduplication of nouns may yield a distributive reading.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Veiga 1987: 210