Sentence #3

Woŋŋi wabaŋe ŋakodu laja siŋi sonosu dunno-nomeladace.

woŋŋi
cloud
wabaŋe
unusual
ŋakodu
heap+to
laja
mountain
siŋi
tall
sonosu
top+at
dunno
see
nome
LET
-la
-RP+DIR
=da
=this.3A
=ce
=1SG.O

He showed me an unusual cloud at the top of the tall mountains.

What he showed me and where is fronted for topicality.

This sentence is part of Dunnolamiwa (What We Saw).

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Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined.
Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined.
Peripheral Phrases are dashed.
Verb Phrases are unmarked.
Clauses are set off by vertical lines.

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