Example 44-53

Manga languchi lotru ta sirve si ta se kubu-kubu.
Manga
pl
languchi
sack
lotru
3pl
ta
ipfv
sirve
use
si
if
ta
ipfv
se
make
kubu~kubu.
hut~hut
They used sacks for making playhouses.
Comment:
We have past reference from the context. Perhaps the diminution in kubu-kubu 'playhouse' and in tienda-tienda 'little store' (examples from Nigoza 2007: 41) could be interpreted as a kind of attenuation (see Bartens 2004: 247).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Nigoza 2007: 41