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Value No inchoative meaning with aspect markers
Language:
Chinuk Wawa
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
Examples
lipúm yaka píl
lipúm
apple
yaka
3sg
píl
red
The apple is red.
álta čáku íXpuy-yáXka
álta
now
čáku
come
íXpuy-yáXka
hide-
3sg
Now she was completely covered.
See
Zenk and Johnson 2003
: 13
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