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