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Example 71-71
Lanai maikai, Lahaina aole maikai.
Lanai
Lanai
maikai,
good
Lahaina
Lahaina
aole
neg
maikai.
good
Lanai is better than Lahaina (as a place to dock). OR: Lanai is good, Lahaina is not good.
Comment:
This was said by a captain approaching the port of Lahaina who decided to sail to the nearby island Lanai where the sea was calmer.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1887
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative adjective marking: Adjective is not marked
Comparative standard marking: Conjoined marking
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