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Example 49-340
dwèt men, dwèt
dwèt
finger
men,
hand,
dwèt
finger
finger
French:
doigt (doigt de la main)
Comment:
In French it is common to say
doigts
for 'fingers' (and
doigts de pied
[fingers of foot] for 'toes').
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: 113
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
'Finger' and 'toe': Differentiation
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