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Example 62-22
vakína túri
va-akina
2-folk
turi
Turi
Turi-folk, Turi and his people
Comment:
The term /akina/ is used in this function in Swahili. This could be Swahili influence but in Swahili it does not take a noun prefix. Both the mixed and the 'normal' Mbugu language use /vakína/ in this function.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own field data 1993
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Other special associative plural marker
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