Value Identity

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
'Hand' and 'arm'

Examples

  1. hann
    anu
    hand
    hand, arm
    German: die Hand; der ganze Arm; ein Ast, Zweig, Rebe; die Forderfüsse eines Thiers; Henkel, Handhabe [op.cit.]

    See Schumann 1783: 58

  2. Gi mi joe han.
    Gi
    give
    mi
    1sg
    yu
    2sg
    anu.
    arm/hand
    Give me your arm/hand.
    Dutch: Geef my u Arm. [op.cit.]

    See van Dyk ca. 1765: 41

  3. Alla krabbu habi wan biggi hann nanga wan pikinwan; kaba dem habi futu tu, wan siksi effi aiti.
    Ala
    all
    krabu
    crab
    habi
    have
    wan
    one
    bigi
    big
    anu
    hand/arm
    nanga
    and
    wan
    one
    pikinwan;
    little.one
    kaba
    and/but
    den
    3pl
    habi
    have
    futu
    foot/leg
    tu,
    too
    wan
    indf.sg
    siksi
    six
    efi
    or
    aiti.
    eight
    All crabs have one big hand/arm and one little one, but they also have feet/legs, six or eight.

    See Schumann 1783: 90