Editing Inalienable possession (section)

====Prepositions====
[[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] uses different [[prepositions]] to mark possession, depending on the noun's alienability: '''''a''''' (alienable ''of'') is used to indicate alienable possession as in (13a), and '''''o''''' (inalienable ''of'') indicates inalienable possession as in (13b).<ref name = Elbert>{{cite book|last1=Elbert|first1=Samuel H.|last2=Pukui|first2=Mary Kawena|title=Hawaiian Grammar|date=1979|publisher=University Press of Hawaii|location=Honolulu|page=139}}</ref>

{{interlinear|indent=5|number=(13) a.
|top= '''alienable possession'''
|nā  iwi   '''a'''   Pua
|the bones '''of'''  Pua
|'Pua's bones' [as in the chicken bones she is eating]
}}
{{interlinear|indent=5|number={{hidden text|(13)}} b.
|top= '''inalienable possession'''
|nā  iwi   '''o'''   Pua
|the bones '''of'''  Pua
|'Pua's [own] bones'
|bottom= (Elbert & Pukui 1979: 139)
}}

However, the distinction between '''''a''''' (alienable ''of'') and '''''o''''' (inalienable ''of'') is used for other [[semantic]] distinctions that are less clearly attributable to common alienability relationships except [[metaphor]]ically. Although ''lei'' is a tangible object, but in Hawaiian, it can be either alienable (15a) or inalienable (15b), depending on the context.

{| width="100%"
!
! Alienable
! Inalienable
|-
|valign="top"| (14)
| {{interlinear|ke kanaka '''a''' ke aliʻi|the man '''of''' the king|'the subject [controlled or appointed by] the chief'}}
| {{interlinear|ke kanaka '''o''' ke aliʻi|the man '''of''' the king|'the [hereditary] subject of the chief' (Elbert & Pukui 1979: 139)}}
|-
|valign="top"| (15)
| {{interlinear|ka lei '''a''' Pua|the lei '''of''' Pua|'Pua's lei [to sell]'}}
| {{interlinear|ka lei '''o''' Pua|the lei '''of''' Pua|'Pua's lei [to wear]' (Elbert & Pukui 1979: 139)}}
|}