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Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer Frequency: 70.0%
Example 4-148:
We a akisi mi taki, san meke wan sama kii
en seefi
.
We
well
a
he
akisi
ask
mi
me
taki,
say
san
what
meke
make
wan
a
sama
person
kii
kill
en
him
seefi.
self
Well, he asked me what makes a person commit suicide.
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 279
Confidence:
Very certain
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Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part Frequency: 30.0%
Example 4-149:
Linda luku
en sikin
na a sipiki.
Linda
Linda
luku
look
en
her
sikin
body
na
loc
a
det
.
sg
sipiki.
mirror
Linda looked at herself in the mirror.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Language:
Nengee
Feature:
Reflexive constructions
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 274
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