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Example 72-100
Marlukama dei bin kilim pangkily kurrupartuyawung.
Marluka-ma
old.man-
disc
dei
3pl
.
sbj
bin
pst
kil-im
hit-
tr
pangkily
hit.head
kurrupartu-yawung.
boomerang-
prop
The old man, they hit on the head with a boomerang.
Comment:
The instrument is marked by a proprietive marker in this example.
Type:
peer elicitation
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 390
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Case marker
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