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Example 68-51
Lalu ada sisa antua
pung
rambu aja.
Lalu
then
ada
have
sisa
remainder
antua
3sg
.
formal
pung
poss
rambu
hair
aja.
only
Then there was only a remnant of her hair left.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Scott 2008
: 408
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum
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