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Example 74-116
náyka haws mitlayt kápa stik
náyka
1sg
haws
house
mitlayt
sit
kápa
at
stik
stick
My house is in the forest.
Comment:
Mitlayt
'sit' serves secondarily as a locative counterpart to the copula.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Chinuk Wawa
by
Anthony P. Grant
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Invariant copula
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