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Example 35-121
sa; tava
sa;
be
tava
was/were
is; was
Comment:
Sa
is arguably diachronically derived from Portuguese
estar
and
tava
from its inflected form
estava
.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Strong suppletion according to tense only
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