| 4.9.3.1. The nouns in genitive case show a concord in number when they function as attributes to the following plural nouns. Besides number concord they maintain gender concord also according to the gender of the following noun. The same is applied to the adjectives also (4.11.3.). |
| 4.9.3.1.0. Number Concord |
| ta:na: ka:l |
‘her leg’ |
ta:na: ka:lk |
‘her legs’ |
| na:wa: lo:n |
‘my house’ |
| na:wa: lo:hk |
‘my houses’ |
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| 4.9.3.1.1 Gender Concord |
| na:wa: pe:ki: |
‘my girl’ |
| na:wa: pe:ki: |
‘my girls’ |
| na:wo:r mar |
‘my son’ |
| na:wo:rlo:r mark |
‘my sons’ |
| wo:na: talli: |
‘his mother’ |
| wo:ra: talli:sk |
‘their mothers’ |
| wo:no:r mar |
‘his son’ |
| wo:no:rlo:r mark |
‘his sons’ |
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| 4.9.3.2. The genitive also expresses the idea ‘for, made up of’, etc., as shown in the examples below: |
 a:li:-t-a: lo:n |
‘house for cow’ (i.e.,cow’s shed’ |
weddur-t-a: ge: a: |
‘bamboo forest’ |
| kal-t-a: wa:um |
‘fence made of stones’ |
| mara:-t-a: ebul |
‘table made of wood’ |
| ka:nji:-t-a: lo:n |
‘house made of grass’ |
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| 4.9.3.3. The personal and demostrative pronouns have the following allomorphs to which the genitive suffix -a: is added. |
| Personal Pronouns |
Genitive Base |
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| nana: |
na:-w: |
‘my, mine’ |
| nima: |
ni:-w-a: |
‘your’ (sg.) |
| ma: |
ma:-w-a: |
‘our’ |
| mi: |
‘mi:-w-a: |
‘your (pl.) |
| wo:r |
wo:n-a: |
‘his (remote) |
| we:r |
we:n-a: |
‘his (proximate) |
| wo:rlo:r |
wo:r-a: |
‘their’ (mas. remote) |
| we:rlo:r |
we:r-a: |
‘their’(mas. proximate) |
| ad |
ta:na: |
‘her, its’ (remote) |
| id |
te:na: |
‘her, its’ (proximate) |
| aw |
awe:-n-a: |
‘their’ (non-masc.remote) |
| iw |
iwe:n-a: |
‘their’ (non-masc.proximate) |
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