Value No antidual

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Antidual of paired body-part terms
References
Lee et al. 2004

Examples

  1. Det sneik bla ai dei kolam rili dipwan.
    Det
    dem
    sneik
    snake
    bla
    dat/poss
    ai
    eye
    dei
    3pl
    kol-am
    call-tr
    rili
    really
    dip-wan.
    deep-adj
    The (mythical) snake's eye is what they call the really deep one (waterhole).

    See Hudson 1985: 71

  2. Hi nomo faindim broken leg, nathing, bon bin kam [...] beta, hilap.
    Hi
    3sg
    nomo
    neg
    faind-im
    find-tr
    broken
    broken
    leg,
    leg
    nathing,
    nothing
    bon
    bone
    bin
    pst
    kam
    come
    [...]
    [...]
    beta,
    better
    hil-ap.
    heal-up
    He didn’t find a broken leg any more, the bone had gotten better, it had healed. (Doctor in later consultation of a patient with a broken leg.)
  3. Putim theya la bingga, jurruny.
    Put-im
    put-tr
    theya
    there
    la
    loc
    bingga,
    finger/hand
    jurruny.
    hand
    [They got hot sand and they] put it on my hand [to cure an insect bite].
  4. Dij kamel im likimbat bo dat kanggaru irrahol.
    Dij
    prox
    kamel
    camel
    im
    3sg
    lik-im-bat
    lick-tr-prog
    bo
    dat
    dat
    dem
    kanggaru
    kangaroo
    irrahol.
    ear
    This camel is licking the kangaroo's ear.