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Example 41-46
aka laraandu indum meʃiin teem. meʃiins teem taantu
aka
that
laraa-ndu
leave-
ptcp
inda
another
uŋ
one
meʃiin
machine
teem.
prs
.be.
meʃiin-s
machine-
pl
teem
prs
.be
taantu
many
That aside, there is another machine. There are many machines. OR: That aside, [we] have another machine. [We] have many machines.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5303
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural suffix
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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