Re: Translation pattern of `to have'?

Denanan expresses possession using the preposition ya "to" and the dative:

ya s'aucanar yakhan tánta.
to brewer-dat horse-nom is
The brewer has a horse.

Dan

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Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo".

Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá
alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama
yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam
vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira."
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Dan Jones