Example 41-141

eli jacucaataam faaka vɔɔnda
eli
3sg.m
jaa-cucaa-taam
pst-stab-refl
faaka
knife
vɔɔnda
by
He stabbed himself with a knife.
Comment:
The unmarked word order is: eli faaka vɔɔnda jacucaataam. (This speaker liked to model sentences on English word-order in elicitation situations.)
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 3997