Datapoint Kinubi/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Values

Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene

Example 63-80:
harím sudan-íya kan híbu dúgu kasma ma híbra
harím
women.pl
sudan-íya
Sudanese-pl
kan
ant
híbu
love
dúgu
hit
kasma
mouth
ma
with
híbra
ink
The Sudanese women liked to put ink on their lips.

Source: Luffin 2004: 165

Example 63-83:
úwo kan g-wónusi morú
úwo
3sg
kan
impf
g-wónusi
ipfv-speak
morú
Moru
He was speaking Moru.

Source: Luffin 2005: 292

Confidence:
Certain