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| gloss = face-3NS.NOM+1S.NOM=ERG INCH-green-pigment-3NS.INAN.NOM-PST-INTR | | gloss = face-3NS.NOM+1S.NOM=ERG INCH-green-pigment-3NS.INAN.NOM-PST-INTR | ||
| translation = (Intended): My face became green from the dye. | | translation = (Intended): My face became green from the dye. | ||
}} | |||
Some natural phenomenon, like meteorological events, can undergo noun incorporation, as is the case with ''yam'' "sea", in this example: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Asuntannaggammantassaraššamaran. | |||
| IPA = | |||
| morphemes = asum-ntar-naggammantassarat-yam-ar-an | |||
| gloss = INCH-INCIP-SIM-be.tsunami-sea-PST-INTR | |||
| translation = The sea rose high until it became almost like a tsunami. | |||
}} | }} | ||