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Mauritian Creole
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Antidual of paired body-part terms
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No antidual Frequency: 90.0%
Example 55-218:
li'nn perdi enn so lizye
li'nn
3sg
.
compl
perdi
lose
enn
one
so
3sg
.
poss
lizye
eye
s/he has lost the use of one eye
Confidence:
Certain
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Antidual Frequency: 10.0%
Example 55-50:
en kote lizye fer mal
en
one
kote
side
lizye
eye
fer
make
mal
bad
One eye is paining.
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Feature:
Antidual of paired body-part terms
Source:
Own knowledge
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