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Linglib.Fragments.Mayan.Tsotsil.Possession

Tsotsil possession profile #

[Sta09b] [Nic86] [Hei97] [AP25]

Per-language possession data for Tsotsil (Mayan; ISO tzo), per the project's "per-language data flows through Fragments" rule, as bare field-by-field defs. Substrate types (PredicativeStrategy, AdnominalMarking, …) live in Linglib/Features/Possession.lean. Cross-linguistic theorems consuming these values live in Studies/NicholsBickel2013.lean.

Examples: oy s-k'ox barko 'EXIS A3-little.boat', s-me' Xun 'A3-mother Juan' = "Juan's mother", y-ak'-il li mok=e 'A3-vine-NCLS DET fence=ENC'. Existential oy + possessive pivot for predicative; Set A prefixes on possessum for adnominal (head-marking); three noun classes: must/may/cannot be possessed [AP25].