Example 25-25

Hu bla?
Hu
who
bla?
dat/poss
For whom? (Context: someone is shouting; the speaker addresses her to ask to whom she is calling out)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River. This example illustrates a postpositional use of the dative/possessive adposition bla(nga) which normally functions as a preposition.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt