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Example 41-128
eli askruuva jaagardaa teem
eli
3sg
.
m
askruuva
rice
jaa-gardaa
pst
-keep
teem
prf
He has rice.
Comment:
It is not clear whether this differs in meaning from the locative construction.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 0542
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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