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Example 71-200
Nana kela
moa wahine
eleele malalo o ka hale o Lau Chee.
Nana
look
kela
det
moa
chicken
wahine
female
eleele
black
malalo
under
o
poss
ka
def
hale
house
o
poss
Lau
Lau
Chee.
Chee
I saw that black hen under Lau Chee’s house. (official court translation)
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1909
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Female and male animals: Postposed sex-denoting word
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