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Example 58-136
musapi
(ya diboko/ ya dikulu)
musapi
cl3
.finger/toe
(ya
(
conn
diboko/
hand
ya
conn
dikulu)
foot)
finger / toe
Comment:
Reference is clarified by adding
ya diboko
'of hand' for ‘finger’ and
ya dikulu
'of leg' for 'toe’.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
'Finger' and 'toe': Identity and differentiation
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