Datapoint Pidgin Hawaiian/The associative plural

This usage conforms to associative plural ma in Hawaiian and anticipates dem/guys in Hawai'i Creole English. The additive plural in the lexifier is made via poe 'people' (e.g. ka poe hoopiiia 'the defendants' in an 1881 text).

Values

Other special associative plural marker

Example 71-47:
Nuinui pilikia mi ame mama ma.
Nuinui
plenty.of
pilikia
trouble
mi
1sg
ame
and
mama
mother
ma.
ass
There will be a lot of trouble for me, my mother, and her friends.
Example 71-48:
Mahope owau hele ninau kela poe pake [...].
Mahope
later
owau
1sg
hele
go
ninau
ask
kela
det
poe
people
pake
Chinese
[...].
[...]
Then I asked the Chinese men [...].
Confidence:
Certain