~karem have, have got

• • have, have got

  Typical Subject	s.o., s.th.
  Encyclopedic Info	Although this verb is criticised as a loanword, it is frequently heard in informal speech. The equivalent in the vernacular would involve an existential predicate, usually with ~wene for inanimates, and ~te for animates.

  • • Example 625:
      

      Ebele kuo i-karem demene.

      Genuine canoes have an outrigger.