The Categorial Status of Body Part Prepositions in Valley Zapotec ...

Figure 3. Snake on Upside-down Car
(11) a. quiah ca'rr (SJGZ)
head car
'the car's head' (the hood of the car)
b. N-u'uh bèe'elld quiah ca'rr (SJGZ)
NEU-be.loc snake on car
'The snake is on the car.' (which is upside down)
Example (12) below shows a further example from TMZ, which refers to the
situation presented in Figure 4. In this particular scenario, a baby is seated beside a table
leaning against one of the legs of the table, but is not under the table.
Figure 4. Baby Sitting Beside Leg of a Table
A leg of the table can be referred to as 'a foot of the table' (12a). Although ni'ih
me'es does refer to the location where the baby is sitting in Figure 4, (12b), which uses
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