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Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
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'Hand' and 'arm'
mo 'hand', brásu 'arm'
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Example 30-229:
Ka nhos linpa
mo
.
Ka
neg
nhos=linpa
2pl
=wash
mo.
hand
Don't wash your hands.
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 50
Example 30-230:
[...], prinséza sai, ku mininu na
brásu
, [...].
[...],
[...]
prinséza
princess
sai,
come.out
ku=mininu
with=child
na=brásu,
in=arm
[...].
[...]
[...], the princess came out with the child in her arms, [...].
German:
[...], die Prinzessin kam heraus, mit dem Kind in den Armen, [...].
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 381
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
'Hand' and 'arm'
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. mo, brásu
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