Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Order of adposition and noun phrase
Sri Lanka Portuguese has rare possessive/genitive constructions of the NP da NP type, which is found only in song lyrics and frozen constructions:
fuula da rɔɔza, fɔɔya teem veerdi
flower of rose leaf PRS.be green
'Flower of the rose, leaf is green.'
Here, da could be argued to be a preposition. However, since no relationship to a verb is expressed, these examples do not qualify under the feature definition.
The da-construction has likely never been part of the colloquial language.
Values 
Postpositions
- Example 41-7:
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maal poɖiyaas juuntu boom poɖiyaas jafoy see taam, maal poɖiyaas falaa mee nɔɔmimaalbadpoɖiyaaschildjuuntuwithboomgoodpoɖiyaaschildjaa-foypst-goseecondtaamconcmaalbadpoɖiyaaschildfalaaquotmeefocnɔɔminameIf good children go with bad children, even though [they may be good children], they only get a bad name [i.e. their name is "bad children"].
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5281
- Example 41-9:
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isti ingrees miziiɲa dika isti fɛɛvrispa malvaarsu miziiɲa mee boom falaatu takombersaaistithis[ingrees[Englishmiziiɲamedicinedikathanistithisfɛɛvri-s-pafever-pl-datmalvaar-suTamil-genmiziiɲamedicinemeefocboomgoodfalaa-tu]quot-pfv]ta-kombersaaprs-talkThey say that for fevers, Tamil medicine (Ayurvedic medicine) is better than English (Western) medicine.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5345
- Example 41-12:
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aka viida etus vɛrgɔɔɲantu naa papiyaaakathatviidabecauseetus3pl.honvɛrgɔɔɲa-ntushyness-locnaaneg.futpapiyaaspeakTherefore, in shyness they won’t talk. OR: Therefore, they are too shy to talk.
Source: Smith 1977: 150
- Example 41-36:
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isti lav levaa maan riiva padaa keenntu teem fɔɔrsa?istithislavimmediatelylevaatake.awaymaamhandriivaonpa-daainf-givekeem-ntuwho-locteemprs.befɔɔrsa?strengthTo take and give in [his] hand immediately [i.e. all at once], who has the ability [for that]? OR: Who has the ability to pay the whole purchase price at once?
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5309
- Example 41-61:
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poɖiyaas sudu akantu mee yanasa, aka kaazantupoɖiyaaschildrensuduallaka-ntuthat-locmeefocjaa-nasa,pst-be.bornakathatkaaza-ntuhouse-locThe children were all born there, in that house.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5105
- Confidence:
- Very certain