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Example 71-147
Lalau kela poo au kulai
malalo
.
Lalau
seize
kela
det
poo
head
au
1sg
.
poss
kulai
shove
malalo.
down
[He] grabbed my head and pushed it down.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1907
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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