Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
The perfective marker in Papiá Kristang is the clearest and most frequent purveyor of inchoative meaning.
Values 
Inchoative expressed by completive marker
- Example 42-90:
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eli ta fika godrueli3sgtaprogfikabecomegodrufatHe is getting fat.
Source: Baxter 1988: 129
- Example 42-91:
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isti krensa ja altuistithiskrensachildjapfvaltutallThis child is (getting)/ already tall.
Source: Baxter 1988: 122
- Confidence:
- Intermediate