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Example 41-127
elintu askruva teem
eli-ntu
3sg
.
m
-
loc
askruva
rice
teem
prs
.be
He has rice.
Comment:
A postpositional construction is also possible:
eli juuntu askruva teem
.
Juuntu
is the source of the locative suffix
-ntu
.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 0544
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Comitative
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