Inalienability
| . | yaan | kib | t=in | k'ab |
| Yucatec | EXIST | candle | LOC=POSS.1.SG | hand |
| I have a candle in hand |
| . | t=a | pil-ah | a | wich |
| Yucatec | PFV=SBJ.2 | open-CMPL | POSS.2 | eye |
| you opened your eyes |
| . | t=u | ts'a'-ah | u | k'ab | máak | sihnal |
| Yucatec | PFV=SBJ.3 | put/give-CMPL | POSS.3 | hand | person | nature |
| nature gave man hands |
External possessor
| . | mihi | 'st | lanterna | in | manu |
| Latin | I:DAT | is | lantern.F:NOM.SG | in | hand(F):ABL.SG |
| I have a lantern in hand (Pl. Am. 406) |
Inferred possessor
| . | oculos | aperuisti |
| Latin | eye.M:ACC.PL | open:PRF:2.SG |
| you opened your eyes (Cic. Mil. 85, 11) |
Unspecified possessor
| . | manus | natura | homini | dedit |
| Latin | hand.F:ACC.PL | nature.F(NOM.SG) | man.M:DAT.SG | PRF:give:3.SG |
| nature gave man hands (Cic. n.d. 2, 60, 150) |
Lehmann, Christian 2016, “Foundations of body-part grammar”. https://www.christianlehmann.eu/publ/lehmann_body.pdf