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Example 72-42
Ngapulupurrupurru wayi?
Ngapulu-purrupurru
milk-
ass
.
pl
wayi?
tag
You mean milk and the like (other things that go with tea)?
Comment:
-
purrupurru
is an associative plural marker derived from Gurindji. It seems to be found marking inanimates.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 388
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Other special associative plural marker
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