Protoform: O [PN] Possessive marker: of (subordinate)
| Description: | Possessive marker: of (subordinate) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | O | Of | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | O | Marque de la possession proche | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | ʔO | Marque du génitif: de, du, de la, des... | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | O | Preposition. Of. Forms part of the possessives | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | O | Possessive marker: of; of the. It is used before the names of husband, wife, food, &c. Marque la possession dominante [sic] (Rch). | (Tgr) |
| Marquesas | ʔO. O (Mtu). | Particule possessive. Les possessifs en o décrivent une relation de possession forte, inaliénable. Case marker: subordinate possession (Mtu). | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Oo, o | Of, belonging to (used in speaking of parts of a whole, names, qualities, feelings, places occupied...) | (Wms) |
| Niue | Oo | Possessive marker, rarely used. Of | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Oo, o | Marking subordinate possession, of by | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | O | Of | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Oo, o | Preposition. Belonging to, of. Used where the relationship is (or is conventionally regarded as) inalienable, part-to-whole, non-agentive | (Fbg) |
| Rennellese | O | Preposition, O-class possessive: of, in honor of | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | O | Of | (Mnr) |
| Sikaiana | O | Preposition marking inalienable possession: of, belonging to, for both animate and inanimate possessors | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | O | Possessif, devant un complément de nom, exprime la possession forte | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | O | Poetic variant of 'a' particle, meaning 'of'... Problematic | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | O | Of (in "passive" sense of intimate possession) | (Fth) |
| Tongan | ʔO, o | Preposition: of (objective) | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | O | Inalienable possessive preposition | (Bsr) |
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