Possessed Nouns

Body parts and parts of objects are inherently possessed. They take nominal inflections for person as well as an A series pronominal proclitic. The only exception is inanimate possession, which has zero marking on both ends. Some possessed nouns are irregular. Obligatorily possessed nouns can also be preceded by a possessor, particularly with third person possession.

bana

foot, feet; the bottom of an object: lebañe, dibanni, sabanda.

budu

mouth, bottom or mouth of a dry wash, mouth of a canyon, delta of a river: lebuje, dibundi, sabuda.

cagi

belly, stomach: lecaye, dicaŋi, sacada.

ceme

waist, middle; the trunk of a tree: lecemeye, dicemeŋi, sacemeda.

daba

part, piece of something.

dele

breath, wind: ledeleye, dideleni, sadeleda.

doŋecabu

eye-socket: ledoŋecabuye, didoŋecabuni, sadoŋecabuda.

doŋi

eye(s): ledoñe, didonni, sadonda.

gali

neck, a thick vertical part: legaliye, digalini, sagalida.

giŋi

nose, pointed part of an object: legiŋiye, digiŋini, sagiŋida.

keme

finger, thumb: lekemeye, dikemeni, sakemeda.

kibi

skin, outer covering: lekibiye, dikibini, sakibida.

ku

hand(s): lekuye, dikuni, sakuda.

maki

liver, the part of the body that makes one a good or bad person: lemace, dimaŋga, samakeda.

pedi

tooth, teeth, the edge of something: lepeji, dipendi, sapeja.

sada

ear(s): lesaje, disandi, sasada.

sadu

voice, sound: lesaduye, disaduni, sasaduda.

sedi

navel, center, under the surface of a body of water: leseji, disendi, saseja.

sono

head, top: lesoñe, disonni, sasonda.

tadu

face, surface of the earth or water: taduye, taduni, taduda.

taka

arm, branch, any horizontal part of a larger thing: letaje, ditaŋi, satada.

unu

tongue, organ of speech: leyuñe, diyunni, sayunda.

ŋe

body, self: leŋeye, diŋeni, saŋeda.

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