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→Wh-Phrases: "whose"
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/cəⁿ ʎəʔˈxʷiː/ [ceⁿ ʎʏˈxːʷyː] / [ceⁿ ʎʏˈɸːyː] / [ceⁿ ʎɪˈɸːiː] - "why" (literally "what reason") | /cəⁿ ʎəʔˈxʷiː/ [ceⁿ ʎʏˈxːʷyː] / [ceⁿ ʎʏˈɸːyː] / [ceⁿ ʎɪˈɸːiː] - "why" (literally "what reason") | ||
Thangha' has two ways to ask questions where English would use "whose", depending on whether the possession is alienable or inalienable. In the case of inalienable possession, /cəⁿ/ takes the genitive prefix /naⁿ-/, becoming /naⁿ-ˈcəⁿ/, and coming after the noun it possesses e.g. | |||
/ˈʀʷəʔtʷəʔ naⁿ-ˈcəⁿ/ | |||
[ˈʁʷɔtːʷʊʔ næŋˈceⁿ] | |||
bone.ABS GEN-what | |||
Whose bone? (in their body) | |||
In the case of alienable possession, /cəⁿ/ takes the ergative suffix /-ɟa/, becoming /ˈcaⁿ-ɟa/, and coming before the noun it possesses e.g. | |||
/ˈcaⁿ-ɟa ˈʀʷəʔtʷəʔ/ | |||
[ˈcæɲɟæ ˈʁʷɔtːʷʊʔ] | |||
what-ERG bone | |||
Whose bone? (in their possession) | |||