Datapoint Santome/Marking of pronominal possessors

Ferraz (1979: 69) points out that the preposition di is deleted if a possessive pronoun is consonant-initial. Therefore, the preposition is overtly realized only when the possessive pronoun is vowel-initial, which is the case of 3SG and 3PL, as shown in example 87.

Values

Adpositional phrase following the possessum

Example 35-87:
ke dê; ke dinen
ke
house
d=ê;
of=3sg.poss
ke
house
d=inen
of=3pl.poss
his/her house; their house
Example 35-88:
mwala mu
mwala
wife
mu
1sg.poss
my wife
Confidence:
Very certain