12.1 Relativization 635latter case, as indicated above, the Instrumental preposition as is used after the
demonstrative, substituting for the Dative preposition.
(729) a. [ws-di t-akfe-d d-zraf]
[Ma/Sg-Dem 2S-give.PerfP-2SgS Sg-money]
'that one-MaSg to whom you gave (the/some) money.'
b. ae-habs [w-a-\s akfe-γ a-zraf]
MaSg-man [Ma-Dem.Sg-Unstr give.PerfP-lSgS Sg-money]
'the man to whom I gave the money'Indefinite prepositional relatives attach the preposition as a clitic to the
head noun, as in (730).
(730) a. [e-daegg-Vdaer odd-n "0-sannaw-aen]
[Sg-place-\in fall.Reslt-3MaPlS Pl-sky-MaPl]
'a place in which the skies have fallen'
b. [haeraet-\as xaddaem-aen seddinaet]
[thing-Mnstr work.LoImpfP-3MaPlS people]
'a thing with which people work' [K]Compare e-daegg 'place' in (730.a) with ed 'whenever' (§12.1.6) and e
'where...' (§12.3.10).
When a preposition is cliticized to a relative head, the combination of head
plus cliticized preposition precedes the usual second-position clitics, such as
pronominal object clitics (731). In other words, the cliticized preposition must
be adjacent to the head. See also the Centripetal examples in (727.c-d), above.
(731) t-e-dswaen-t [t-a-\fasl-\tsen nasqq-cer]
Fe-Sg-mat-FeSg [Fe-Dem.Sg-\on-\3MaP10 kill.LoImpfP-lSgS]
'the mat on which I (regularly) kill them'12.1.5 Possessor and long-distance relatives with -\s and resumptive pronounThere is no direct way to relativize on a possessor. However, a construction is
available to express the intended sense. The demonstrative is followed by a
cliticized Instr -\s. In §12.1.4, just above, I showed that -\s is used in dative as
well as true instrumental function in prepositional relatives (727.b); cf. also
a-\s as 'that' complementizer (§13.7). In possessor relatives, a resumptive
pronominal possessor appears on the possessed noun after the verb. The
construction is the same for inalienable (§5.2.3) and alienable possessors;
(732.a) has inalienable 'his son' while (732.b) has alienable 'his dog'.