Example 20-6

米鴨巴西咧卑士
My opposite that piecee.
My
1sg
opposite
opposite
that
dem
piecee.
piece
The one opposite to me.
Comment:
This example appears to be calqued on the Cantonese localizer deuimihn 'opposite', which may be analyzed as a postposition.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862: VI.41