Example 71-171

Keia pu no ka pu a Kipau i ki ai iau.
Keia
this
pu
gun
no
intens
ka
def
pu
gun
a
poss
Kipau
Kipau
i
rel
ki
shoot
ai
rel
iau.
obj.1sg
This is the gun with which Kipau shot me.
Comment:
This is a sentence in non-pidginized Hawaiian that comes at the end of a speaker's testimony in the pidgin (probably reflecting code switching). The sentence shares case marking and the relative clause construction with the lexifier. The Pidgin equivalent may well be keia ka pu Kipau mamua ki wau [this DEF gun Kipau before shoot 1SG].
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1885