Re: Thalassan Possessive Suffixes

Quoting Rob Haden <magwich78@...>:

> Hey guys,
>
> So I've been mulling over whether or not to put possessive suffixes in my
> language, Thalassan.  I think it's a really nice feature to have, given my
> preferences for agglutination and inflection. :)  The problem was, how do I
> make the forms (relatively) unambiguous?  Well, I think I've found a
> solution: simply treat the possessive suffixes as coming from encliticized
> genitives.  Without further ado, here are the new Thalassan possessive
> suffixes:
>
> 1sg -mis < *mi-s
> 2sg -this < *thi-s
> 3sg -sjas < *sja-s
> 1pl -ntas < *mit-as
> 2pl -tthas < *thit-as
> 3pl -stas < *sjat-as
>
> Since the possessive suffixes are formally enclitic in nature, they follow
> both number and case.  For example, _qavanmis_ ['qa.vam.mis] means 'my dog
> (nom.)', while _qaununmis_ ['qau.num.mis] means 'my dog (acc.)', and
> _qaunatunmis_ ['qau.na.tum.mis] means 'my dogs (acc.)'.  (Notice the
> homorganic nasal assimilation.)

This is a pielang, isn't it?

Anyway, I like the suffixes. I do wonder, tho, whether the sound-changes in the
pl forms are regular - the loss of the second-to-last vowel seems a tad odd.

                                          Andreas

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