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Example 71-150
Oukou hapai wau huipu Kakina
maluna
kela kua.
Oukou
2pl
hapai
lift
wau
1sg
huipu
together.with
Kakina
Kakina
maluna
up
kela
det
kua.
back
You pull Kakina and I up from our backs.
Comment:
The sentence is metaphorical in terms of social betterment.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1910
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
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