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There's a grain of truth in every "myth", or, Why the discussion of lexical classes in Mundari isn't quite over yet. (2005)

aɲ-aʔ     boko-ɲ            koɽa    do=e    ɖakʈar-ja-n-a
1SG-GEN   younger-1SG.POSS  boy    TOP=3SG  doctor-INGR-INTR-IND
"My younger brother became a doctor." (Literally "My younger brother doctor-ed")


nindiram   do   iralia=e    kaʈa-aka-n-a
spider     TOP  eight=3SG   leg-CONT-INTR-IND
"(The) spider has eight legs." (Literally "Spider eight-leg-s")

>abbreviations
CONT continuous
GEN genitive
IND indicative
INGR ingressive
INTR intransitive
POSS possessive
SG singular
TOP topic

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