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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family
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Akawaio: a long-distance number? #44

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fmatter commented 2 years ago

(ra-personal-narrative-196) Akawaio (Caesar-Fox 2003)

möröwenai aza'rö mïgï te'seng urö imainarï  
mörö wenai   aza'rö mïgï  t-eji-zeng     urö i-maina-ri
that because two    Hes   Adv-be-Abs.Nzr 1Sg 3-farm-Psd  
Dem  P       Prtcl  Prtcl N              Pro N         
‘This is why I always have two farms’
SpikeGildea commented 1 year ago

because of that, [being two] [my farm]

SpikeGildea commented 1 year ago

'Because of that my farms (are) being two.'