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Example 41-131
elipa/elintaa trees kaazas (teem)
eli-pa/eli-ntaa
3sg
.
m
-
dat
/
3sg
.
m
-
loc
trees
three
kaaza-s
house-
pl
(teem)
(
prs
.be)
He has three houses.
Comment:
The use of the dative should imply permanence of possession while the locative should imply impermanence. (No notes on the difference are found in the field notes.)
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 4206
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Locational
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