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Example 67-80
Itu saya punya anak cucu nombor dua.
Itu
dem
saya
1sg
punya
poss
anak
child
cucu
grandchild
nombor
number
dua.
two
That is my second grandchild.
Comment:
Anak
means ‘child’ and
cucu
means ‘grandchild’. But what the informant meant was ‘grandchild’.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: All ordinal numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
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