Datapoint Korlai/Order of possessor and possessum

With pronominal NPs, there is more flexibility for Possessum-Possessor order, as in kadz mi [house 1SG.POSS] 'my house'. With full NPs, the order is possessor-possessum. There is an (uncommon) "afterthought" construction, in which the possessum precedes the possessor, but the genitive marker still follows the possessor:

Akə kadz, ɔ̃m su
that house man GEN
'that man's house'

However, there is a break in the syntactic construction, indicated by the comma after kadz.

Values

Possessor-possessum

Example 40-3:
Pedru su kadz
Pedru
Pedru
su
gen
kadz
house
Pedru's house

Source: Clements 2007: 168

Example 40-16:
u͂ rhe su kabel ki korta ani su barb ki fedze u͂ barber ti vi kad suman.
u͂
a
rhe
king
su
gen
kabel
hair
ki
comp
korta
cut
ani
and
su
his
barb
beard
ki
comp
fedze
do
u͂
a
barber
barber
ti
pst
vi
come
kad
each
suman.
week
A barber would come each week to cut a king's hair and shave him.
Confidence:
Very certain