Value Prepositions

Language:
Chinuk Wawa
Parameter:
Order of adposition and noun phrase

Examples

  1. kápa yáka ílihi
    kápa
    prep
    yáka
    3sg
    ílihi
    earth
    on his land

    See Boas 1933: 213

  2. man yáka tlátwa kápa stik
    man
    man
    yáka
    3sg
    tlátwa
    go
    kápa
    prep
    stik
    stick
    The man walks with a stick.