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Example 66-4
Go pe bapa paipaagi abau.
Go-pe
1sg
-
poss
bapa
father
pai~paagi
red
.morning
a-bau.
prs
-get.up
My father gets up very early.
Comment:
This example is in the Kirinda dialect.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
Marking of pronominal possessors: Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum
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