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Example 56-208
delo/dilo
delo/dilo
water
water OR: tear
Comment:
Delo i marse dan son lizye.
'Tears started to form.' (own knowledge),
Mon de delo i koule
[POSS two tears PRED drop] 'My tears drop'.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
'Tears': Monomorphemic
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