Datapoint Gurindji Kriol/Independent pronominal possessors

The dative pronominal forms are used to express both a possessor when the possessum noun is not present, and the dependent in a full possessor phrase.

Values

Identical to dependent pronominal possessor

Example 72-66:
Ngayiny gita yu bin jawarra.
Ngayiny
1sg.dat
gita
guitar
yu
2sg
bin
pst
jawarra.
steal
You stole my guitar.

Source: Meakins 2003-2006

Example 72-67:
An wijantu warlaku nyawa? Ngayiny!
An
and
wijan-tu
who-dat
warlaku
dog
nyawa?
this
Ngayiny!
1sg.dat
And whose dog is this? Mine!

Source: Meakins 2003-2006

Confidence:
Very certain