This is a possessive paradigm for the animate noun poos ‘cat’, as produced by Beverly Little Bear Hungry Wolf in July and August 2017. If you hover over a Blackfoot word, a pronunciation guide will be available. Pronunciation guides are provided by Beverly Little Bear Hungry Wolf (received in Jul-Aug 2017). Please note, when poos is preceded by a person prefixes, it becomes ohpoos. Please see Frantz (2017, p. 85) for more information.
This the paradigm for the singular possessed object, i.e. ‘cat’:
| Blackfoot word | English | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | nitohpóósima | ‘My cat’ | 1SG |
| Sound | kitohpóósima | ‘Your (singular) cat’ | 2SG |
| Sound | otohpóósimi | ‘His/her cat’ | 3SG |
| Sound | nitohpóósiminnaana | ‘Our (not including you) cat’ | 1PL |
| Sound | kitohpóósiminnoona | ‘Our (including you) cat’ | 21 |
| Sound | kitohpóósimoaa(wawa) | ‘Your (plural) cat’ | 2PL |
| Sound | otohpóósimoaa(wa)yi | ‘Their cat’ | 3PL |
This is the paradigm for the plural possessed object, i.e. ‘cats’:
| Blackfoot word | English | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | nitohpóósimiksi | ‘My cats’ | 1SG |
| Sound | kitohpóósimiksi | ‘Your (singular) cats’ | 2SG |
| Sound | otohpóósimiksi | ‘His or her cats’ | 3SG |
| Sound | nitohpóósiminnaaniksi | ‘Our (not including you) cats’ | 1PL |
| Sound | kitohpóósiminnooniksi | ‘Our (including you) cats’ | 21 |
| Sound | kitohpóósimoaa(wa)iksi | ‘Your (plural) cats’ | 2PL |
| Sound | otohpóósimoaa(wa)iksi | ‘Their books’ | 3PL |
References
- Frantz, D. G. (2017). Blackfoot Grammar (3rd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.