Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’

Similarly to various South Asian languages, Diu Indo-Portuguese tends to assign dative-accusative case to the experiencer argument of sensory verbs, many mental or psychological states, or human arguments which are taken to be the experiencers of an action beyond their control; these are known in the literature as 'Dative Subject Constructions'.

Values

Experiencer is dative Frequency: 50.0%

Example 39-123:
A mĩ tə sĩti dor də kabes.
A
dat
mĩ
1sg.obl
tə
ipfv.npst
sĩt-i
feel-inf
dor
pain
də
of
kabes.
head
I have a headache.

Source: Cardoso 2004-2008

Confidence:
Certain

Body-part is subject Frequency: 50.0%

Example 39-124:
Kabes tə dwe.
Kabes
head
tə
ipfv.npst
dw-e.
hurt-inf
[My] head is hurting.

Source: Cardoso 2004-2008

Confidence:
Intermediate