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Example 71-198
Kela wa pau hakaka, iaia pii mai no kela hale
maomao
.
Kela
det
wa
time
pau
compl
hakaka,
fight
iaia
3sg
piimai
come
no
intens
kela
det
hale
house
maomao.
green
When [he] was done fighting, he came to the green house.
Comment:
This is probably not a reference to a greenhouse (the term for which in the lexifier is
hale ho'oūlu mea kanu
), but it is not impossible.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1896
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
'Green' and 'blue': Overlap
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