Order of case and possessive affixation (Northern Mansi)

WPxCx: The morpheme order is as follows: root, possessive affix, case affix.


case

pot

his/her pot

Nom.

pūt

pūt-e

Loc.

pūt-t

pūt-e-t

Lat.

pūt-n

pūt-e-n

Abl.

pūt-nǝl

pūt-e-nǝl

Transl.

pūt-yγ

pūt-e-γ

Instr.

pūt-ǝl

pūt-e-tǝl


The possessive suffix precedes the case-marking suffix in Northern Mansi (Gerasimova 2004).

Author: 

Szilvia Németh