Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Marking of pronominal possessors

The language has an invariant genitive particle right-cliticized to the possessor (phrase). The possessor can be pronominal.

Values

Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum

Example 66-4:
Go pe bapa paipaagi abau.
Go-pe
1sg-poss
bapa
father
pai~paagi
red.morning
a-bau.
prs-get.up
My father gets up very early.
Example 66-46:
Loorampe biini pe bapa datangeliyat sin? Təra, go pe bapa jo kitang yang datang e-liyat.
Loorang-pe
2sg.hon-poss
biini-pe
wife-poss
bapa
father
datang-e-liyat
come-asp-see
sin?
q
Təra
no
go-pe
1sg-poss
bapa-jo
father-foc
kitang-yang
1pl-acc.def
datang-e-liyat.
come-asp-see
Has your wife’s father visited us? No, MY father has visited us.
Confidence:
Very certain