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Example 45-59
Aquel gallo que ta mira tu alla ya pirdi mucho pluma na sabong.
Aquel
that
gallo
cock
que
that
ta
ipfv
mira
see
tu
2sg
alla
there
ya
pfv
pirdi
loose
mucho
many
pluma
feather
na
loc
sabong.
cockfight
That cock you see over there lost many feathers in the fight.
Comment:
Pluma
also exists in Tagalog (see English 1986: 1059).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Librada Llamado, p.c.
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Three-way contrast
'Body hair' and 'feather': Differentiation
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