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The construction NP- OODA NP- AA is a construction that limits something to
a time or a place. If the NP is a `time expression', the
meaning indicates within a particular time, as in:
- ÀÔ¢¢ÀÕØ¿Ô¹ ÀÔ¢¢ÀÕ¿Ô raattriyooda raattriyaa
`within one night, before the night was over, overnight'
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ؽԲ¥¹Ôõ´ raattriyooda raattriyaa viitte kaali pannittu pooyttaanga `They vacated the house overnight; (they
absconded in the middle of the night)'
Harold_F.Schiffman