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Example 72-123
Jintaku boi im jamp wumaranginyi ngawangka.
Jintaku
one
boi
boy
im
3sg
.
sbj
jamp
jump
wumara-nginyi
rock-
abl
ngawa-ngka.
water-
loc
One boy is jumping off the rock into the water.
Comment:
The source is marked with an ablative suffix
-nginyi
, and the goal with a locative suffix
-ngka
.
Type:
peer elicitation
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 186
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Motion-to and motion-from: Differentiation
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