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b) ??Aneuk-geuh ubit saket.
ChiId-3, small ill
His/her small child Is ill.
42. a) Lumo-keuh nyang agam ka rayek?
Cow-2, which male IN big
'Is you colt big now?'
b)*Lumo-keuh agam ka rayek?
Cow-2y male IN big
'Is you colt big now?'
If the predicate of the relative clause is a PP, nvang
can be omitted, even if the head NP is modified by a
possessor.
* m
43. Rumoh gopnyan (nyang) di gle ka tutong.
House he/she- which in hill IN burn-down
'His/her house on the hill has burnt down.'
44. Aneuk-lon (nyang) di Jakarta karap ji-woe.
Child-1 who in Jakarta almost 3y-come-back
'My child who is In Jakarta is going to come back.'
nyang is obligatory if the relative clause contains an
enclitic which is coreferential with the head NP. nvanq is
optional in (45a), but obligatory in (45b) because here the
relative clause contains an enclitic (-qeuh '3r') which is
coreferential with the head NP ureueng 'person.'