This is a possessive paradigm for the inanimate noun sínaakia’tsis ‘book’, 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: the forms in this paradigm contain an ‘m’ where an ‘s’ is expected. This ‘m’ is used to indicate possession. Please see Frantz (2017, p. 79) for more information.

This the paradigm for the singular possessed object, i.e. ‘book’:

Possessive paradigm for ‘book’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	nisínaakia’tsiimi	‘My book’	1SG
Sound	kisínaakia’tsiimi	‘Your (singular) book’	2SG
Sound	osínaakia’tsiimi	‘His/her book’	3SG
Sound	nisínaakia’tsiiminnaani	‘Our (not including you) book’	1PL
Sound	kisínaakia’tsiiminnooni	‘Our (including you) book’	21
Sound	kisínaakia’tsiimoaa(wayi)	‘Your (plural) book’	2PL
Sound	osínaakia’tsiimoaawayi	‘Their book’	3PL

This is the paradigm for a plural possessed object, i.e. ‘books’:

Possessive paradigm for ‘books’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	nisínaakia’tsiimistsi	‘My books’	1SG
Sound	kisínaakia’tsiimistsi	‘Your (singular) books’	2SG
Sound	osínaakia’tsiimistsi	‘His or her books’	3SG
Sound	nisínaakia’tsiiminnaanistsi	‘Our (not including you) books’	1PL
Sound	kisínaakia’tsiiminnoonistsi	‘Our (including you) books’	21
	kisínaakia’tsiimoaa(wa)istsi	‘Your (plural) books’	2PL
Sound	osínaakia’tsiimoaa(wa)istsi	‘Their books’	3PL

References

• Frantz, D. G. (2017). Blackfoot Grammar (3rd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.