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  • Ili restu por ke ni punu ilin, let them stay for us to punish them.

    A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

  • Reflexes of POC * punu 'to strike, kill, extinguish' are universal as resultatives in the Huon Gulf languages.

    Far Outliers 2009

  • Reflexes of * punu turn up in result position in causative compounds in Papuan Tip languages.

    Far Outliers 2009

  • However, in Kairiru the reflex of * punu appears as a manner transitive.

    Far Outliers 2009

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