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Value A savvy word exists
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Savvy
References
Smith 1974-5
Examples
kii jafaya falaa saba eli?
kii
what
jaa-faya
pst
-do
falaa
quot
saba
know
eli?
3sg
.
m
Does he know what he did?
See
Smith 1974-5
: 5312
osiirsu fiiyapa portugees nukusava
o$siir-$su
3sg
.
hon
-
gen
fii$ya-$pa
daughter-
dat
por$tu$gees
Portuguese
nu$ku-$sa$va
neg
-know
His daughter doesn’t know [Sri Lanka] Portuguese.
See
Smith 1977
: 146
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