Datapoint Pidgin Hawaiian/Independent pronominal possessors

In the case of predicative use and elliptical answer, the examples for Value 1 are syntactically ambiguous (This book is yours / This book belongs to you; Whose book is this? / This book belongs to whom?). The option in Value 3 is not ambiguous but is comparatively much less common.

Values

Identical to dependent pronominal possessor Frequency: 70.0%

Example 71-68:
Question: Pehea kela opiuma nawai? — Answer: Oe no. — Question: Nawai kela ipupaka ame ka ipukukui? — Answer: Wau no.
Question:
Question:
Pehea
how
kela
det
opiuma
opium
nawai?
for.whom
—
 
Answer:
Answer:
Oe
2sg
no.
intens
—
 
Question:
Question:
Nawai
for.whom
kela
det
ipupaka
pipe
ame
and
ka
def
ipukukui?
lamp
—
 
Answer:
Answer:
Wau
1sg
no.
intens
Question: How about it, whose opium was it? — Answer: Yours. — Question: Whose pipe and lamp? — Answer: Mine. OR: Question: How about it, the opium belongs to whom? — Answer: You. — Question: The pipe and lamp belong to whom? — Answer: Me.
Example 71-69:
Wau kela wahi.
Wau
1sg
kela
that
wahi.
place
That place is mine. OR: That place belongs to me.
Confidence:
Uncertain

Special word plus dependent pronominal possessor Frequency: 30.0%

Example 71-67:
Wau ponoi kela eleele.
Wau
1sg
ponoi
own
kela
det
eleele.
black
That black one is mine.
Example 71-70:
Question: Pehea oe hopu kela puaa? — Answer: Owau ponoi kela puaa.
Question:
Question:
Pehea
why
oe
2sg
hopu
seize
kela
that
puaa?
pig
—
 
Answer:
Answer:
Owau
1sg
ponoi
own
kela
that
puaa.
pig
Question: Why did you take that pig? Answer: That pig is mine.
Confidence:
Certain