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Example 66-105
Jalanka nyalari ayang baisikal atu ka terbuntur su matimati.
[Jalanka
[road.in
nya-lari]
rel
-run]
ayang
chicken
baisikal-atu
bicycle-
indf
ka
by
terbuntur
hit
su-matimati.
pst
-die
The chicken which ran along the road was hit by a bicycle and died.
Comment:
This author is a native speaker of the Kandy area dialect.
Type:
published source
Source:
Saldin 1996
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Verbal affix
Object relative clauses: Verbal affix
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