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BPFK Section: gadri

On Friday 04 June 2004 16:54, John E Clifford wrote:
> The examples make {me} seem like a waste of a good and useful; bit of
> wordspace. I asssume there are examples that makt this word useful enough
> to justify using up a CV. Where is this meaning spelled out — not on my
> wordlist.

{me} is also used with cmene (making a type-2 fu'ivla, if the cmevla is
borrowed) and numbers:
mi zbasu lo me me'o bi jgena - I make a figure 8 knot.
ti me la meipl. la sakta - this is a sugar maple.
(For the latter, I'd rather say {.a'orne}, but for a plant whose only name is
in the Waorani language, I'd use a type-1 or type-2.)

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