Part of Speech | clitic constr |
MWE Structure | possessive marker = art |
Variant Form(s) | -na |
Morphology | n=a |
Gloss | 3SG.POSS=ART2.SG |
Comment | The 3rd person singular possessive marker <n=> is combined with basic singular article of the 2nd class that introduces a possessive NP. <na> can be written together with the preceding noun as in <komana> 'inside of the ...), cf. [Daa 01R 087]. |
Example 1990:
Source: Siv 01R 075Mea hena na beiko bona e Kokopoo.And the name of this child is Kokopoo.
Example 4728:
Source: Nan 03R 165Meori paa gono bona sinoo na birii.They took the bone of the biirii surgeon fish.
Example 4729:
Source: Daa 01R 087A komana vaan.The inside of the village.
Example 4730:
Source: Aro 11E(Eno) 046e Kousiaga ato koa kurina moon.Kousiaga took the woman's hand.