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Body parts are often incorporated in stative verbs.  The pronominal affix represents both the subject of the clause, as well as the possessor of the incorporated body part:
{{Gloss
|phrase = Purrakyār asuntaharrumpakkaran.
| IPA =
| morphemes = purrak=yār asum-tahal-ruppamak-ek-ar-an.
| gloss = dye=ABL face-3NS.NOM+1S.NOM=ERG INCH-be.green-face-1S.NOM-PST-INTR
| translation = My face became green from the dye (lit. "I became green face-wise from the pigment")
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