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Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer
Example 28-143:
o goi-tɛ
ʃi sel
mingi ben tobːoːː
o
3sg
gui-tɛ
throw-
pfv
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
selfu
self
mingi
water
ben
inside
tobːoːː
splash
It threw itself "splash!" into the water.
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 182
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Feature:
Reflexive constructions
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 181-7
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 47
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