Datapoint Pichi/Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’

The verb pul means 'pull' and 'remove'. It conflates causation, motion and direction. Hence there is no need to specify direction by other means.

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At-rest marking is used to express motion-from

Example 19-165:
Dɛ̀n pul dì mòtó nà garaje [...].
Dɛ̀n
3pl
pul
remove
dì
def
mòtó
car
nà
loc
garaje
garage
[...].
[...]
They removed the car from the garage [...].

Source: Yakpo 2009: 598

Example 19-166:
Dì mòtó de nà garaje.
Dì
def
mòtó
car
de
cop
nà
loc
garaje.
garage
The car is in the garage.
Confidence:
Very certain