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Example 6-118
cry living eye water
cry
cry
living
living
eye
eye
water
water
to cry tears that are not genuine
Comment:
This is an idiomatic expression.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Allsopp 1996
: 221
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Datapoints:
'Tears': Bimorphemic
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