nouns-stems

Classification

1. Always unpossessed nouns: nàk'ús "cloud"
2. Always possessed nouns: sitsì "my head" (body parts, kinship terms)
3. Possessed or unpossessed: tłích'á "dog" vs. silích'à "my dog"

Three (phonological) cases for the possessive prefixes:

1. Consonant-initial stem: si- "1SG" tsì "head" -> sitsì "my head"
2. Preceding H-tone stem: si- "1SG" V́tsí "nose" -> sítsí "my nose"
3. Vowel-initial stem: si- "1SG" óó "mother" -> sóó "my mother"
   (cf. ʔinóó "mother" , ʔi- "UNSPEC.POSS" (n)óó;

gu- "SOMEONE" óó "mother" -> gwóó gu > gw / _ [oa] ) Cu[oa] > Cw[oa]?

Periphrastic / non-morphological constructions are used for always unpossessed nouns: sá(à) nàk'ús "my cloud", ná(à) ʔidínít'ùgù yiitł'áłí "your vehicle")

Lexicons

• LEXICON AlwaysUnpossessedNouns never Px

• LEXICON AlwaysPossessedNouns always Px, body part, kinship

• LEXICON UnpossessedNouns Px or not, here not. Cf. PossessedNouns

• LEXICON PossessedNouns Px or not, here Px. Cf. UnpossessedNouns