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Example 72-45
Dei bin gu tarukap na KA-mob-ma.
Dei
3pl
.
sbj
bin
pst
gu
go
tarukap
bathe
na
seq
KA-mob-ma.
NAME-
ass
.
pl
-
top
They went swimming then, KA and her friends.
Comment:
-mob
is an associative plural marker derived from Kriol. It is used to mark people and their associated, e.g. family and friends.
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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