Postpositions

Position 18: Postpositions

Morphemes that are derivational or thematic and carry a locative or relational meaning something like

English preposition (e.g. by the lake, at the store).  

They must follow a noun or a pronoun which is a noun of Position 19 refereed to as o in the following.

Note: the postposition/object of the postposition can act as a "word unit" by itself apart from a verb stem.

o-a                              on, against, in contact with, exerting a force against

o-a³iqa                       being icy from spray

o-ahdyidehch'         on top of o

o-at                             on o

o-aq'a                       clubbing o

o'aq'a                        refers to the depression made by an object in soft ground or snow.

o-ch'                          in the direction of

see Tenebaum  section 480, page 191 or the 90+ postposition morphemes