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Example 66-32
Sigret
pəðə
minung(-la)!
Sigret-pəðə
cigarette-
pl
minung(-la)!
drink(-
imp
)
Smoke cigarettes!
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: No nominal plural word
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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