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nonesuch 116: different definite article depending on whether an accompanying adjective denotes colour or another kind of property concept
- Where found
- Belhare (Kiranti, Tibeto-Burman)
- Domain
- morphology: inflection
- Subdomain
- cumulation, sensitivity
- Keywords
- definite article, adjective, property concepts, colour
- Type
- nonesuch
- Universals violated
- none
- Source
- Bickel, Balthasar (2001). Belhare. In Graham Thurgood & LaPolla Randy J. (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Curzon Press.
e.g., phabeleng-ma khim ‘red-DEF house’, ei/-na khim ‘big-DEF house’