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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
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Reflexes of POC * punu 'to strike, kill, extinguish' are universal as resultatives in the Huon Gulf languages.
Far Outliers 2009
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Reflexes of * punu turn up in result position in causative compounds in Papuan Tip languages.
Far Outliers 2009
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However, in Kairiru the reflex of * punu appears as a manner transitive.
Far Outliers 2009
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