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400<br />

kri and ban can be combined to form the guestion word<br />

kriban 'how,' which can also be used as an indefinite head<br />

NP.<br />

60. Kriban *(nyang) ji-peugbt, ji-peugbt-jih keudeh.<br />

How which 3y-make 3y-make-3y EMP<br />

'Just let him make however he likes.'<br />

[v]. Number, size, length/distance:<br />

dum/duo 'number'<br />

dit 'number'<br />

be/ube 'size, number'<br />

'oh 'length, distance'<br />

'et 'length, distance'<br />

61. Dit/dum/be *(nyang) geu-bri lon-teurimbng.<br />

Any-number which 3r-give 1-accept<br />

'I will accept any number he gives.'<br />

62. Bah ji-'eue 'et/'oh *(nyang) trok.<br />

Let 3y-creep any-distance which arrive<br />

'Just let it creep as far as it can.'<br />

63. Ka-pileh be/ube * (nyang) ek ka-me.<br />

2y-choose size which can 2y-carry<br />

'Please choose any size which you can carry.'<br />

ube is also used as a conjunction with the meaning 'as<br />

big/much as,' as in (64). With this meaning, it is not a<br />

head NP, and therefore cannot be followed by nyang.

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