को: SocialRel ~> Recipient

Nouns such as "children" (which seems to be a fossilized expression from back when there were several competing postpositions for social relations) will have SocialRelRecipient. One interpretation is that the parents "receive" children, and that is why other social relations aren't included in this postposition. However, Old Hindi/Urdu seems not have had this restriction so it's iffy.

  • दम्पति
    couple
    को
    DAT
    कोई
    any
    संतान
    offspring
    नहीं
    not
    थी
    be-PST

    'The couple did not have any children.' 001

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