Value Differentiation

Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
'Hand' and 'arm'
References
Brüser et al. 2002: s.v. mo, brásu

Examples

  1. Ka nhos linpa mo.
    Ka
    neg
    nhos=linpa
    2pl=wash
    mo.
    hand
    Don't wash your hands.

    See da Silva 1987: 50

  2. [...], prinséza sai, ku mininu na brásu, [...].
    [...],
    [...]
    prinséza
    princess
    sai,
    come.out
    ku=mininu
    with=child
    na=brásu,
    in=arm
    [...].
    [...]
    [...], the princess came out with the child in her arms, [...].
    German: [...], die Prinzessin kam heraus, mit dem Kind in den Armen, [...].

    See da Silva 1987: 381