Datapoint Papiamentu/Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’

Example 161 here illustrates the use of pusha 'push' followed by a PP using riba 'on' which can be interpreted as either locational or directional. The context of this utterance makes it locational rather than directional. In other words, there are no special directional prepositions that can be used to disambiguate this type of utterance. The second example illustrates the use of a riba-PP with an "at-rest" interpretation.
A serial verb construction such as pusha bai 'push go' or pusha bini 'push come' can be constructed. However, the goal argument has to take the form of a PP or an Adverbial.

Values

At-rest marking is used to express motion-to

Example 47-4:
Riba e isla aki ta biba un mion hende.
Riba
on
e
def
isla
island
aki
dem.prox
ta
tns
biba
live
un
one
mion
million
hende.
person
On this island live a million people.

Source: Kouwenberg and Muysken 1995: 210

Example 47-161:
Despues di un investigashon un patruya a mira e dos hóbennan ta pusha e bròmfits riba Kaya L.D. Gerharts.
Despues
after
di
of
un
indf
investigashon
investigation
un
indf
patruya
patrol
a
pfv
mira
see
e
def
dos
two
hóben
youth
nan
pl
ta
ger
pusha
push
e
def
bròmfits
moped
riba
on
Kaya
Street
L.D.
L.D.
Gerharts.
Gerharts
After an investigation, a police patrol saw the two youths pushing the moped on L.D. Gerharts Street. OR: After an investigation, a police patrol saw the two youths pushing the moped unto L.D. Gerharts Street.

Source: nd: 30 June 2009, p.3

Confidence:
Very certain