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Example 36-151
kosi mo, mbogo mo
kosi
bottom
mo,
hand
mbogo
salient.bone
mo
hand
armpit, elbow
Comment:
These compound nouns show that the word
mo
(< Portuguese
mão
'hand') refers to the hand and the whole arm.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 231
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
'Hand' and 'arm': Identity
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