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Possessive affixes draw a distinction between alienable and inalienable possession: ''Óntesoson dothee gat'''s'''/vakuh'''oz'''.'' (A man is watching his house/ his own hand.) | Possessive affixes draw a distinction between alienable and inalienable possession: ''Óntesoson dothee gat'''s'''/vakuh'''oz'''.'' (A man is watching his house/ his own hand.) | ||
*Interpretations: ''gat dothi'' (the house which the man has temporarily settled in = rented), ''doth gathos(os)'' (man with his house which he has purchased), ''gat dothor'' (the house which was inherited and is now owned by the man) | *Interpretations: ''gat dothi'' (the house which the man has temporarily settled in = rented), ''doth gathos(os)'' (man with his house which he has purchased), ''gat dothor'' (the house which was inherited and is now owned by the man). Only the head is declined. | ||
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Suffixes ''ma'' (for ABS) and ''noh'' (for ERG) are used to emphasize either the object or the agent: ''Ónzaiton dothee'''noh''' pof.'' (It is the man who's lifting the feather) vs. ''Ónzaiton dothee pof'''ma'''.'' (It is the feather that the man is lifting.). They are also used with verbs in antipassive constructions. | Suffixes ''ma'' (for ABS) and ''noh'' (for ERG) are used to emphasize either the object or the agent: ''Ónzaiton dothee'''noh''' pof.'' (It is the man who's lifting the feather) vs. ''Ónzaiton dothee pof'''ma'''.'' (It is the feather that the man is lifting.). They are also used with verbs in antipassive constructions. | ||
When both are used, | When both are used, information conveyed by the verb becomes veritable: ''Józaitoi dotheenoh pofma.'' (I can swear that the man lifted the feather.) | ||
The suffixes are also used with alienable possessive forms to separate the possessor from indirect objects. Chosen depending on the ergativity of the possessum: ''Jóvakuhoi suu pof swi'''ma''' swi.'' (He gave her feather to him.) | |||
===Derivational Morphology=== | ===Derivational Morphology=== | ||