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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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Special motion-from adposition
Example 26-98:
hi stɛ in hat waɾa naʊ
hi
3sg
stɛ
loc
in
in
hat
hot
waɾa
water
naʊ
now
He's in hot water now.
Example 26-99:
ma aŋko wɛn hɛmu da fiʃ
fɹɔm
da shak
ma
1sg
.
poss
aŋko
uncle
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
hɛmu
pull.out
da
art
fiʃ
fish
fɹɔm
from
da
art
shak
shark
My uncle pulled the fish out of the shark.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Own fieldwork recording; Own knowledge
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