Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Indefinite articles

Values

Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’

Example 41-4:
avara bosa roostu sudu cummaa um fuumuley teem
avara
now
bosa
2sg.gen
roostu
face
sudu
all
cummaa
just
um
one
fuumu=ley
smoke=like
teem
prs.be
Now your whole face just is like a [cloud of] smoke.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5075

Example 41-21:
um buku jaoyaa sara leʈʈar taparsa rɔnal
um
one
buku
book
jaa-oyaa
pst-look.at
sara
cond
leʈʈar
letter
ta-parsa
prs-be.visible
rɔnal
Ronald
If [I] look at a book, the letters are visible, Ronald.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5077

Example 41-58:
korsaampa uŋ gɔɔta alagriiya padaaley kum tambomley mee noos lopapiyaa
korsaam-pa
heart-dat
one
gɔɔta
little
alagriiya
happiness
pa-daa=ley
inf-give=like
kum
conj
tambom=ley
excellent=like
mee
foc
noos
1pl
lo-papiyaa
fut-speak
We just speak for the pleasure of it. OR: Consultant's translation: Without giving any trouble to the heart we shall just speak well.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 2375

Confidence:
Very certain