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Example 41-63
etuspa sinkvɛɛnta sinkvɛɛnta sadam jadaa
etus-pa
3pl
.
hon
-
dat
sinkvɛɛnta
fifty
sinkvɛɛnta
fifty
sadam
cent
jaa-daa
pst
-give
[I/He/We etc] gave them fifty cents each.
Comment:
The example hasn't been run by a native speaker, but I'm reasonably confident it is OK.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
nd
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Adnominal distributive numerals: Distributivity marked by reduplication
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