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Palula dictionary: Example 572

Word senses:

čooṭíi to pick, collect
ta ... ba Adversative conjoining construction, emphasising the contrast between two entities or propositions; commonly occurring in proverbs (variously corresponding to 'but, whereas, while (on the other hand), and')

eetás míiša ta ṭhakíin de kuṛíina ba čooṭíin de.

eetás

3sg.REM.acc

méeš

man

-a

-pl

ta

DS

ṭhaké

shake.down

-en

-3pl

de

pst

kuṛíina

woman.pl

ba

top

čooṭé

collect

-en

-3pl

de

pst

The men were shaking them [the walnuts] down, while the women were collecting them.

Source: A:JAN017-8