Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Instrument relative clauses

Relativization consists of a left-branching adjectival phrase, without extraction or resumption. No specific instrumental case-marking is used.

Values

Instrument meaning is left implicit

Example 66-108:
dia peepəryang sipotong gunting
[dia
[3sg
peepər-yang
paper-acc.def
si-potong]
pst-cut]
gunting
scissors
the scissors with which she just cut the paper
Example 66-109:
dia peepəryang epotong gunting
[dia
[3sg
peepər-yang
paper-acc.def
e-potong]
asp-cut]
gunting
scissors
the scissors with which she cut the paper
Confidence:
Intermediate