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Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Maurer 2009
: 122ff.
Examples
Mene
saa
Maa
pwê
toka.
Mene
Mene
saa
pull
Maa
Maa
pwê
put
toka.
hole
Mene pulled Maa down into the hole.
See
Maurer 2009
Jingantxi
txya
paage
fo
gayola [...].
Jingantxi
ogre
txya
extract
paage
parrot
fo
come.from
gayola
cage
[...].
[...]
The ogre took the parrot out of the cage [...].
See
Günther 1973
: 140
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