Datapoint Media Lengua/Ability verb and epistemic possibility

Values

Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility

Example 73-12:
nu tinini warmi kunkiun no kazay pudini
nu
neg
tini-ni
have-1sg
warmi
woman
kunki-un
with.who-ins
no
not
kaza-y
marry-inf
pudi-ni
can-1sg
I do not have a woman whom I can marry.

Source: Muysken 1997: 399

Example 73-63:
istida yoga aziy no pudinichu
isti-da
this-acc
yo-ga
1sg-top
azi-y
do-inf
no
not
pudi-ni-chu
can-1sg-neg
This I cannot do.
Confidence:
Certain