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'Tears'
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Monomorphemic
Example 23-171:
Plante i serem tears from hemi no save stap blong luk hard wok blong hem.
Plante
plenty
i
agr
serem
share
tears
tears
from
because
hemi
3sg
.
agr
no
neg
save
can
stap
stay
blong
purp
luk
look
hard
hard
wok
work
blong
poss
hem.
3sg
Many people shared a tear because he could not be there to see his hard work (completed).
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
'Tears'
Source:
nd
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