A situative postposition makes the referent of its complement available as a reference point for the situation. Situative postpositions have a local or temporal function.

Table 4: Primitive local postpositions
form label meaning
(ja̱)mi̱ Adessive/Allative at, by N [+ contact]
ka Lative at, to(wards) N, along some (place or time) N
kí̱ Superessive/-lative (up)on, over N [+ contact];
for [benefactive] N;
because of N;
against [aversive] N
kja̱ne̱ Apudessive/-lative near, by, beside N [- contact]
kjë́(a)/tkë́ Prosecutive following N, further on from N
na̱ Inessive/Illative in(side), into N
ska Locative in, on, at, to (place or time) N
wa Peressive/-lative through(out) N
E4 Yís kuta sibí-n-á̱=ká̱ duláklë́i kí̱.
1.sg sister jealous-d.mid-pfv=asc boy sup
‘My sister got jealous because of a/the boy.’