-ii Genitive suffix

Part of Speech sfx
Phonetic Form -ii, -i
Variant Form(s) -íi (With accent-shifting nouns) ; -e (Biori) ; -í (With accent-shifting nouns in Biori)
Usage With plural reference preceded by an oblique plural suffix
    • Genitive suffix
      • Example 64:
        guǰúr katí bi c̣húuṇc̣u heentá, áangii phúṭi sam ba kúulu.
        guǰúr
        Gujar
        katí
        how.much
        bi
        SEP
        c̣húuṇc̣
        straight
        -u
        -MSG
        heentá
        CONDL
        áangu
        sickle
        -ii
        -gen
        phúṭi
        end
        sam
        equally
        ba
        top
        kúul
        bent
        -u
        -MSG
        No matter how straight the Gujar is, he is equally bent like the blade of the sickle. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:182
      • Example 123:
        eesé waxtíi aní alaaqá raiisaanóomii hukumát de.
        eesé
        REM
        waxt
        time
        -ii
        -gen
        aní
        prox
        alaaqá
        area
        raiís
        <dynasty>
        -aán
        -pl
        -am
        -pl.obl
        -ii
        -gen
        hukumát
        government
        de
        pst
        At that time, the Rais [a Chitrali dynasty] ruled over this area.
        Source: A:MAB090
      • Example 428:
        ghueeṇíiamii laxkár gíi.
        ghueeṇíi
        Pashtun
        -am
        -pl.obl
        -ii
        -gen
        laxkár
        army
        gíi
        go.pfv.FSG
        The Pashtun army left.
        Source: A:BEZ017
      • Example 594:
        kakóok dhúura kakóokii c̣híik dhúura.
        kakuáak
        chicken
        dhúura
        far.away
        kakuáak
        chicken
        -ii
        -gen
        c̣híik
        dung
        dhúura
        far.away
        Away with the chicken, away with its dung. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:194
      • Example 1012:
        har áakii ṣiṣíi taáǰ.
        har
        every
        ak
        one
        -ii
        -gen
        ṣiṣ
        head
        -ii
        -gen
        taáǰ
        crown
        It is the crown of everyone's head. [Saying]
        Source: A:NH12:2:022
      • Example 1013:
        šóo kráamii koošíš theeṇḍeéu.
        šu
        good
        -u
        -MSG
        kram
        work
        -ii
        -gen
        koošíš
        attempt
        the
        do
        -eeṇḍeéu
        -OBLG
        We should try to do good work.
        Source: A:SMO025

Related entries

  • Subentry:
    • -íi2 Genitive suffix (with accent-shifting nouns)