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Example 66-136
Nyari langit ka a
gl
uðuk.
Gl
uðuk baatupəðə jaato suba jo jaði.
Nyari
today
langit
sky
ka
in
a-gluðuk.
prs
-thunder
Gluðuk
thunder
baatu-pəðə
stone-
pl
jaato
fall
suba
like
jo
foc
jaði.
happen
Today it is thundering. Thunder sounds like falling stones.
Comment:
Suba
also means ‘because’.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Syllable onsets: Onsets at most moderately complex
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