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'Tears'
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Monomorphemic Frequency: 70.0%
Example 13-199:
Dey een dat place e gwine cry bitta
teah
an bite e tongue.
Dey
there
een
in
dat
that
place
place
e
he
gwine
going
cry
cry
bitta
bitter
teah
tears
an
and
bite
bite
e
his
tongue.
tongue
There in that place he is going to cry bitter tears and bite his tongue. (Mt 24.51)
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 95
Confidence:
Certain
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Bimorphemic Frequency: 30.0%
Example 13-200:
wid de
eyewata
da ron down me face
wid
with
de
the
eyewata
eyewater
da
prog
ron
run
down
down
me
me
face
face
with tears running down my face (Acts 20.31)
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 479
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
'Tears'
Source:
Own knowledge
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