Example 59-289

ndamba aga atene, tere na aunji awe
ndamba
Rabbit
a-ga
pm-come
a-tene,
pm-say
tere
Spider
ni
det
a-hunzi
pm-hide
awe
already
Rabbit said, "Spider has hidden himself." OR: Rabbit said that Spider had hidden himself.
Comment:
Some speakers use hunzi instead of honde for 'hide' although the former means 'finish off, disappear' (transitively and intransitively). With this meaning the clause here would mean 'Spider disappeared'. With honde one expects an object: honde tere ti lo [hide body of 3SG] 'hide himself'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994