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Value A savvy word exists
Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Savvy
References
Crowley 1995
Examples
tanna man no save work [...] he too much lazy
tanna
Tanna
man
man
no
neg
save
can
work
work
[...]
[...]
he
3sg
too
too
much
much
lazy
lazy
Tanna men can't work [...] they're too lazy.
See
McFarlane 1873
: 106
all black man savey, no kidnapping now
all
all
black
black
man
man
savey,
know
no
neg
kidnapping
kidnapping
now
now
Melanesians know that there's no kidnapping now.
See
Moresby 1876
: 96
hem
i no save se woman blong hem i bon finis
hem
3sg
i
agr
no
neg
save
know
se
comp
woman
woman
blong
poss
hem
3sg
i
agr
bon
burn
finis
compl
He didn't know that his wife had (by that time) already been burnt.
See
Meyerhoff nd
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