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Example 33-138
N’korta pon
ku
faka.
N-korta
1sg
-cut.
pst
pon
bread
ku
ins
faka.
knife
I cut the bread with the knife.
Portuguese:
Cortei o pão com a faca.
Comment:
This example illustrates an instrumental use of
ku
.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Comitatives and instrumentals: Overlap
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