correcting

[Piet Lincoln]

my apologies:

My Gitua examples are garbled the engma did not make it thru e-mail 
filter   substitute /ng/ velar nasal for  /?/
> * /lua?gu pan/* I like it (my neck for it) /mi laikim em* */
>
> * /yum luam pan/* you like it /yu laikim em
> /
>
> */lua-/ *'neck'; */pan/ *'for' derives from verb* /pani/* 'give'**
>
> Gitua usage for 'want' */gai/ *is a bit different and etymology unknown. 
> Please get back to me if you can change that:
>
> */yau ?a gai ?a so?oso?o ve yau bua mago/* I want to chew but I have no 
> betel nut /mi laik kaikai buai tasol nogat buai.
> /
>
> /[examples from /BASICS OF GITUA LANGUAGE */gitua varu pugu/ *(Lincoln 
> 1976)]**
> /
>   
Piet
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