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Example 71-146
Kela ekolu kepani hanapaa kela pake
hina malalo
.
Kela
det
ekolu
three
kepani
Japanese
hanapaa
hold
kela
det
pake
Chinese
hina
fall
malalo.
down
Three Japanese held the Chinese down.
Comment:
Although the semantics are not identical with the word for 'push', the sense of 'hold down' is similar.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1896
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Serial verb construction plus preposition
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