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Example 61-102
Lo kuba yena lo into tina lima ka yena [...].
Lo
art
kuba
hoe
yena
it
lo
art
into
thing
tina
we
lim-a
plough-
v
ka
ins
yena
it
[...]
[...]
A hoe is a thing we plough with [...]. OR: A hoe is something that we plough with [...].
Comment:
The absence of a relative particle is possible, but less idiomatic than having it in.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Adendorff 1995
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Zero and resumptive pronoun
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