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====Possessed nouns==== | ====Possessed nouns==== | ||
Possessed nouns, or nouns that take possessive suffixes, are a closed class; this group covers only the nuclear family nouns ''ob'' 'father' (pl. ''obáje''), ''óm'' 'mother' (pl. ''ómác''), ''oḫ'' (pl. ''oḫovy'') 'brother', ''oḫoc, oḫc-/oḫt-'' 'sister' (pl. ''oḫovác''), ''ben, bn-'' (pl. ''bnáje'') 'son', ''bęc, bęc-/bęt-'' 'daughter' (pl. ''bnác''). Only the singular has possessed forms: ''oḫi'' 'my brother', but ''li | Possessed nouns, or nouns that take possessive suffixes, are a closed class; this group covers only the nuclear family nouns ''ob'' 'father' (pl. ''obáje''), ''óm'' 'mother' (pl. ''ómác''), ''oḫ'' (pl. ''oḫovy'') 'brother', ''oḫoc, oḫc-/oḫt-'' 'sister' (pl. ''oḫovác''), ''ben, bn-'' (pl. ''bnáje'') 'son', ''bęc, bęc-/bęt-'' 'daughter' (pl. ''bnác''). Only the singular has possessed forms: ''oḫi'' 'my brother', but ''oḫava li'' 'my two brothers'. The possessive suffixes make the noun definite. Note that the plurals are all irregular in order to disambiguate the plural case-marked forms from the singular possessed forms. | ||
Emphasized possession of possessed nouns is double-marked: e.g. '' | Emphasized possession of possessed nouns is double-marked: e.g. ''bn'''i''' nopsí li'' 'my own son', c.f. ''běc'''ov''' nopsí li'' 'my own house'. | ||
All nouns in this class follow the same declension w.r.t. possession. The oblique can be formed by adding ''-bi'' to the end of the accusative/genitive possessed forms. | All nouns in this class follow the same declension w.r.t. possession. The oblique can be formed by adding ''-bi'' to the end of the accusative/genitive possessed forms. | ||