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Other special reciprocal construction
Example 58-108:
Yandi bula yandi monsi.
Yandi
he
bula
hit.
narr
yandi
him
monsi.
one
He hit himself.
Example 58-112:
Bo me bal-
an
-a/mon-
an
-a.
Bo
they
me
prf
bal-an-a/mon-an-a.
marry-
recp
-
narr
/see-
recp
-
narr
They married each other. OR: They got married. / They saw each other. OR: They met.
Confidence:
Unspecified
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
Feature:
Reciprocal constructions
Source:
Own knowledge
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