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Example 42-155
Pedru ku Maria
dos dos
busidu
Pedru
Pedru
ku
com
Maria
Maria
dos~dos
two~two
busidu
hate
Pedru and Maria hate each other.
Comment:
Reciprocity is expressed by reduplication of the numeral that corresponds to the number of persons involved.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1980-1981, 2009
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
Reciprocal constructions: Other special reciprocal construction
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