"TIZA 'ten' and HUSA 'twenty' have irregular superessives in forms such as "TIZA:N + "OT tizenot [tizenot] 'fifteen', HUSA:N + HAT huszonhat [husonhot] 'twenty-six';[…].
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Superessive
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[…]the same three dimensions accommodate distinctions not merely between 'interior' and 'exterior' cases but also between them (and 'posterior' cases) and superessives ('superior' cases).
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The following two examples illustrate incorrect delative inflection. This happens either on a personal pronoun in the first sentence (róla 'about/off-of him/ from him' instead of superessive rajta 'about') or in conjunction with nouns.
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The preposition faafi has a fairly wide range of uses. Most of these fall into three broad categories. The broadest of these is a locative one, where faafi is used with a superessive significance, with or without contact: 'on (top of)', 'on the surface of', 'over', 'above'. In the superessive contact meaning faafi usually implies the presence of weight, pressure, force exerted by the upper on the lower one, or some other kind of effect.
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