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Example 72-140
"Watja watja" jei bin tok
mijelp
nganta.
"Watja
hurry
watja"
hurry
jei
3pl
.
sbj
bin
pst
tok
talk
mijelp
recp
nganta.
doubt
"Hurry hurry", I reckon they were saying to each other.
Comment:
This is a reciprocal construction using
mijelp
.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 57
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Reciprocal constructions: Reciprocal construction identical to reflexive
Syllable codas: Codas at most moderately complex
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