na-

Definition:

My.


Function:

With kinship terms when the possessor is younger than the kinsman. Co-occurs with -as. Attach to nouns.


Examples:

  1. natútas ‘my father’;
  2. naˀíłas ‘my mother’;
  3. napúsas ‘my paternal grandfather’;
  4. natílas ‘my maternal grandfather’;
  5. nakáłas ‘my maternal grandmother’;
  6. naˀálas ‘my paternal grandmother’;
  7. nayáyas ‘my elder brother’.

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[NP /neˀ-/, though cognate, co-occurs with no “-as” suffix.]