Possessive Root (was : Re : Where's everybody gone????)

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 22/06/99 02:07:29  , Paul a =E9crit :

> (Oh, btw, mathias, it's struck me that my reply yesterday wasn't
>  actually an answer to the question you asked.  Sorry for that, I'll try
>  and be a bit more to-the-point when I'm back on the list.  Suffice to
>  say, for now, that it's all done with Genetives.  Stay tuned...)
you don't need to do any conlang homework. stray as you like. to go back to=20
wenetaic, i did not get your example right i think. but you may be intereste=
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in ainu (SVO lang) possessive suffixes : a lot of words are plain nouns when=20
suffixed a possessive pronoun and their plain form is otherwise part of=20
compound, adjective or applicative (i feel that applicatives are used to=20
ditransitivize verbs) :=20
can't reach my ainu grammar so i invent these :
hat-one's =3D "a hat" (n.)
head-hat-put =3D "to put a hat on one's head" (appl.)
hat =3D "hat-related" (adj., cpd.)
also, the possessive tags are usually same as the verbal person tags :
hat-his =3D a hat, his hat
brother-one's take-his =3D the brother takes
food-one's it-take =3D he food is taken

mathias