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ABUJHMARIA GRAMMAR
G.V.Natarajan
4.3.0. Nominal Constructions
       In a nominal construction the noun stem may be followed by the plural suffix or the oblique suffix or the case suffix or the postposition or the gender suffix or the pronominal suffix or the combination of any of them.
Illustrations:
4.3.1. Stem-Plural Suffix:
pe:k-o:r ‘boys’
a:-sk ‘women’
kay-k ‘hands’
pilla:- ‘girls’
4.3.2. Stem-Gender Suffix:
pe:k-a:l ‘boy’
pe:k-i: ‘girl’
miy-a: ‘daughter’
tapp-e: ‘father’
4.3.3. Stem-Oblique-case Suffix:
kay-d-e: ‘in the hand’
mari:-Ø-n ‘the child’ (accusative)
4.3.4. Stem-Plural-Case Suffix:
tappe:-r-kun ‘to the fathers’
wo:r-lo:r-kin ‘to those people’
4.3.5. Stem-Postposition
po:d-n n ‘thoughout the day’
saak-habar ‘that side of road’
kis-here: ‘near the fire’
4.3.6. Stem-Plural-Postosition
o:-k-ne:na: ‘through the fields’
ren diya:--pakke: ‘after two days’
4.3.7. Stem-Oblique-Case-Postposition:
isku:l-t-a:-munne: ‘in front of the school’
lo:-t-a:-awna: ‘upto the house’
4.3.8. Stem-Plural-Oblique-Case Suffix:
o:-k-n-e: ‘in the fields’
pe:k-o:r-na: ‘of the boys’
4.3.9. Stem-Plural-Oblique-Case-Postpositon:
lo:-hk-n-a:-munne: ‘in the front of the house’
mara:-k-n-a:-paro: ‘on or above the trees’
4.3.10. Stem-Plural-Pronominal Suffix:
pe:k-o:r-o:m    ‘we, the boys’
tall-i:r-o:m       ‘we, the mothers’
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