Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Reflexive constructions

Examples of reflexives are rather few. The suffix -taam is also used as a self-benefactive (E.g. 'Take yourself a coconut') and is used as the progressive marker. The same is true of the Tamil counterpart koɭ.

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Reflexive marking on the verb

Example 41-141:
eli jacucaataam faaka vɔɔnda
eli
3sg.m
jaa-cucaa-taam
pst-stab-refl
faaka
knife
vɔɔnda
by
He stabbed himself with a knife.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 3997

Example 41-142:
pasa aanu eev permi jakuziɲaa
pasa
past
aanu
year
eev
1sg
permi
1sg.dat
jaa-kuziɲaa
pst-cook
Last year I cooked for myself.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 0435

Confidence:
Very certain