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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m working on verbs of carrying in Longgu (Oceanic) and I wondered if anyone had any data on ‘carry’ verbs in other Austronesian languages (and especially Western Austronesian languages).<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Is there a verb for ‘carry on the head’ (and if so, what is it)?<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Are there modes of carrying that are (semantically) gender-based? (i.e. women carry things in one way, men in another).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The verb for ‘carry something on the head’ in Longgu is SUNGI.<o:p></o:p></p>
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