Datapoint Hawaiʼi Creole/Other forms/phrases for copula ʼbeʼ: before locatives

Variety: Hawaiʼi Creole
Feature: Other forms/phrases for copula ʼbeʼ: before locatives
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Kent Sakoda and Jeff Siegel

Examples

Example 1851:
Hi ste insaid da kawfin.
'He's inside the coffin.'