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Example 39-60
Aməro pɛ dikəl lion.
Amər-o
bind-
pst
pɛ
foot/leg
də-ikəl
of-
dem
<lion>.
lion
(X) bound the leg(s) of the lion.
Comment:
In this sentence, the number category of pɛ is ambiguous, as no plural marker or quantifier is used.
Lion
is taken from English.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 155
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
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