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b. Mored-da Pa' Hadi pa-petto' bakal lulus tes.
student-DEF Mr Hadi RED-seven will pass test
‘Pak Hadi’s seven students will pass the test.’
When a modifier of the number is added, it occurs in NP-initial position, regard-
less of whether the number is in pre-N (179a) or post-N (179b) position. Since
this is a partitive construction, the number obligatorily occurs in the redupli-
cated form. Again this is a structure characteristic of the Eastern dialect.^8
(179) a. Para' pa-petto' mored-da Pa' Hadi bakal lulus tes.
only RED-seven student-DEF Mr Hadi will pass test
‘Only seven of Pak Hadi’s students will pass the test.’
b. Para' mored-da Pa' Hadi pa-petto' bakal lulus tes.
only student-DEF Mr Hadi RED-seven will pass test
‘Only seven of Pak Hadi’s students will pass the test.’
There are some restrictions on reduplication, adjectival modifiers and
possession. First, as illustrated in section 2.1, either the head noun or an adjec-
tival modifier can be reduplicated to indicate plurality.
(180) a. Red-mored penter rowa lulus tes.
RED-student smart that pass test
‘Those smart students passed the test.’
b. Mored (se) ter-penter rowa lulus tes.
student REL RED-smart that pass test
‘Those smart students passed the test.’
In (180a), the N head, mored ‘student’, is reduplicated, and in (180b), the mod-
ifier penter ‘smart’ is reduplicated. There is no difference in meaning. When
there are multiple adjectives, only the head N can be reduplicated to indicate
plurality.
(^8) In the Western dialect (179) would typically be expressed as in (179a) minus the re-
duplication of the number. So,
(i) Para' petto' mored-da Pa' Hadi bakal lulus tes.
only seven student-DEF Mr Hadi will pass test
‘Only seven of Pak Hadi's students will pass the test.’