Datapoint Jamaican/'Tears'

Values

Bimorphemic

Example 8-165:
Wen Mieri get di mechiz, di yai-waata jos staat fi drap outa ar yai.
Wen
when
Mieri
Mary
get
get
di
det
mechiz,
message
di
det
yai-waata
eye-water
jos
just
staat
start
fi
inf
drap
drop
outa
out
ar
3sg.f
yai.
eye
When Mary heard the news, the tears started to fall from her eyes.
Example 8-166:
A suoso yai-waata ful-op mi yai.
A
foc
suoso
only
yai-waata
eye-water
ful-op
fill-up
mi
1sg
yai.
eye
My eyes were filled with nothing but tears.
Confidence:
Very certain