-un¹ [third person singular and plural possessive suffix]; [...]

Part of Speech	Grammatical marker
Pronunciation	un

1. • [third person singular and plural possessive suffix]; his/hers/its; theirs
   • [sufiks posesif third person singular dan plural]; dia/mereka punya [Papuan Malay]

   • • Example 1642:
       

       Ma rumun etamani ramie.

       ma

       3sg

       rum

       k.o. fish

       -un

       3poss

       *et

       clf.an

       -taman

       few

       -i

       QNT.obj

       ramie

       pull; drag

       .

       She caught a few rum fish.

       Dia hela ikan tefar sedikit. [Papuan Malay]

2. • [first person plural exclusive possessive suffix]; we have
   • kita punya [Papuan Malay]

   • • Example 1643:
       

       Tumtumun saerak.

       tumtum

       child

       -un

       1pl.EX.poss

       saerak

       neg.ext; empty

       .

       We don't have children.

       Kitong pu anak tidak ada. [Papuan Malay]

       Sources

       narr23 122.1

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