to see/to look at → to live, be alive 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Malak-Malak
lexeme datma
meaning 1 look continuously, look again, watch 1) kaduken dat-ma yuyu 2) wiyang yuenduen datma yida 3) pitja datma enue
1) it looks over there/yonder 2) his mother was watching 3)I watch TV
direction →
meaning 2 alive, living jung/dema datma wuete
the tree, the wallaby is alive
reference Lindsay et al. 2017: 27
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