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Example 71-153
Moaka lawe kela wahine ia Kipau
hele ma
Koloa.
Moaka
Moaka
lawe
take
kela
det
wahine
wife
ia
obj
Kipau
Kipau
hele
go
ma
loc
Koloa.
Koloa
Moaka took Kipau's wife away to Koloa.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1885
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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