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Example 76-37
kaktuña mȗkki innuk kōpȗk
kaktuña
hungry
mȗkki
dead
innuk
man
kōpȗk
Kōpȗk
People are starving at Kōpȗk.
Comment:
According to Stefánsson (1909: 225) the idiomatic expression
kaktuña mȗkki
means 'starvation'.
Type:
reconstructed by documentalist
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 225
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: No plural marking
Uses of the progressive marker: No overt progressive marker
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