Datapoint Principense/Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article

Example 12 shows that nouns in associative contexts are bare. Thus, there is no definite article.

Values

No definite article exists

Example 37-12:
Dya ũa a kumbina di we uvôdô na ose. [...] Mo Têtuuga vê meze xyadu, ê mêsê pa ê kaba meze pimyô.
Dya
day
ũa
one
a
indf
kumbina
agree
di
of
we
go
uvôdô
party
na
loc
ose.
heaven
[...]
[...]
Mo
manner
Têtuuga
Turtle
see
meze
table
xyadu,
fill.pp
ê
3sg
mêsê
want
pa
comp
ê
3sg
kaba
finish
meze
table
pimyô.
first
One day, they agreed to go to a party in heaven. [...] As Turtle saw how full of food the table was, he wanted to finish the table first.

Source: Maurer 2009: 46

Confidence:
Very certain