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The chart below shows postpositions by alphabetical order of their English equivalents and by the [[#Ratio casuum|case]] that they govern. | The chart below shows postpositions by alphabetical order of their English equivalents and by the [[#Ratio casuum|case]] that they govern. | ||
Note 1) that some postpositions with similar semantics differ only by ablaut, and 2) many positions govern more than one case, sometimes between a locative or the telic, and sometimes with other less expected matches, e.g. '''''kawta''''', which means "according to/via" when governing the instrumental and "throughout | Note 1) that some postpositions with similar semantics differ only by ablaut, and 2) many positions govern more than one case, sometimes between a locative or the telic, and sometimes with other less expected matches, e.g. '''''kawta''''', which means "according to/via" when governing the instrumental and "throughout when governing the inessive. | ||
As a further note all postpositions beginning with a vowel insert an initial '''''y-''''' if the noun it follows ends in a vowel. | As a further note all postpositions beginning with a vowel insert an initial '''''y-''''' if the noun it follows ends in a vowel. | ||
The [[#Partitive|partitive]] only has one postposition, and therefore is not included in the chart, namely '''''siyan''''', which roughly means "instead of" or "in the absence of". | |||
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|across | |across | ||
| | |'''čreze''' | ||
|along | |along | ||
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|alongside | |alongside | ||
| | |'''oweš''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|from | |from | ||
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|astride | |astride | ||
| | |'''uveš''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|of | |of | ||
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|below | |below | ||
| | | | ||
| | |together, same side as | ||
|''' | |'''mukana''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|past | |past | ||
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|over | |over | ||
| | | | ||
| | |via | ||
| | |'''kawta''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|since | |since |
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