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Example 76-55
ak'lūña
mē'kfast kiñma
ak'lūña
rope
mē'kfast
tie
kiñma
dog
Tie the dog with a rope.
Comment:
Note that this is the only example with a verb-object order.
Type:
reconstructed by documentalist
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 223
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Unmarked noun phrase
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