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Example 72-141
Ib yu karankarra mijelp hardwantu yul meikim mijelp kungulu.
Ib
if
yu
2sg
karan-karra
scratch-
cont
mijelp
refl
hard-wan-tu
hard-
nmlz
-
erg
yu-l
2sg
-
fut
meik-im
make-
tr
mijelp
refl
kungulu.
bleed
If you keep scratching yourself hard, you will make yourself bleed.
Comment:
Reflexive 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
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