Austronesian partitives

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In Tagalog (Philippines, Luzon, Manila and surrounding provinces), the
partitive structure is
numeral + _sa_ [the multi-purpose preposition] + nominal group [or
equivalent filling the same slot].

e.g. 1    isá sa mangá táumbáyan  [táo "people" + -ng (ligature) + báyan
"town"]
         / one / PREP / pl. / town-dweller /
        "one of the inhabitants"

e.g. 2    tatló sa sampû katáo
           / three / PREP / thirteen / person /
        "three out of  ten people"

e.g. 3    dalawá sa labíng-ánim na mangingisdâ
            / two / PREP / sixteen / ligature / fisherman /
        "two of the sixteen fishermen"

e.g. 4    ang ika-ápat sa (mangá) nagsísitakbó
            / in-focus marker / fourth / PREP / (pl.) / running [plural
verbal form] /
            "the fourth of the runners"

e.g. 5    ilán sa mangá báyan
            / some / PREP / pl. / town /
            "some of the towns"

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