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Example 8-171
Daag a swet bot lang hier kova it.
Daag
dog
a
prog
swet
sweat
bot
but
lang
long
hier
hair
kova
cover
it.
3sg
Some people's trials are not always known to the world.
Comment:
This is a proverb which translated literally means 'Although dogs sweat, it is concealed by their long hair'.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
'Body hair' and 'feather': Differentiation
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