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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 oḫava'' 'my two brothers'. | 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 oḫava'' 'my two brothers'. Emphasized possession of possessed nouns is double-marked: e.g. ''li nopsí bni'' 'my own son', c.f. ''li nopsí běcov'' 'my own house'. Note that the plurals are all irregular in order to disambiguate the plural case-marked forms from the singular 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. | 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. | ||