Datapoint Limbu / The Associative Plural

Language:Limbu
Feature:The Associative Plural by Michael Daniel and Edith Moravcsik
Value:Associative same as additive plural

Examples

Sentence igt-1753:
Prabhu Raˑm - haʔ khεtthoˑ yaˑmbɔk mε - dzoˑg - u
Prabhu
Prabhu
Raˑm
Rām
-
-
haʔ
pl
khεtthoˑ
up.there
yaˑmbɔk
work
mε
nsas
-
-
dzoˑg
do
-
-
u
3p
Prabhu Ram and those like him (viz. his colleagues) work up there
Sentence igt-1754:
sarumba - haʔ mε - beˑk eˑʔyaŋba mε - yaˑk.
sarumba
second.born.son
-
-
haʔ
pl
mε
nsas
-
-
beˑk
go
eˑʔyaŋba
other
mε
nsas
-
-
yaˑk.
be
The second-born [son] and crew will go. Everybody else will stick around.
Sentence igt-1755:
məna - haʔ
məna
man
-
-
haʔ
pl
men

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