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Example 76-44
kimmik innuk kaukau picūktū
kimmik
dog
innuk
man
kaukau
eat
picūktū
want
The dog bites (is inclined to bite) people.
Comment:
There are no habitual markers, although some of the examples in Stefánsson (1909) that contain the word
picūktū
'to want' are provided with a habitual translation.
Type:
reconstructed by documentalist
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 226
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: No overt habitual marker
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
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