Example 4-115

A teke a akisi piiti ala den udu gi a mma.
A
he
teke
take
a
the
akisi
axe
piiti
split
ala
all
den
det.pl
udu
wood
gi
give
a
det.sg
mma.
woman
He split all the logs with the axe for the women.
Comment:
Mma is a courtesy title (similar to Ms, Mrs) that can be used without or with a name and it is used to indicate respect (see Migge 2001).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own data (Ndyuka)