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Example 37-108
Ontxi
usuva sôvê
ki pasa.
Ontxi
yesterday
usuva
rain
sôvê
to.rain
ki
with
pasa.
surpass
Yesterday, it rained heavily.
Comment:
The exact meaning of
ki
'with' here is not clear to me.
Ki
could also be interpreted as the consecutive subordinator ('so that').
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 2009
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: Rain rains
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