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Paradigm Details:

Language: (dnw) Western Dani.

Family:

System Type: None

Source: Barclay (2008).

Comment: "Possession is marked by adding pronominal prefixes to nouns. There are four different classes which vary according to the initial sound of the noun." (Barclay 2008: 66).

Pronoun Paradigm:

	A	S	O	Poss.
1st (excl) Person Singular	an	an	an	n- , na- , ne- , no-
1st (excl) Person Dual	nit	nit	nit	nin- , nina- , nine- , nino-
1st (excl) Person Plural	nit	nit	nit	nin- , nina- , nine- , nino-
1st (incl) Person Dual	nit	nit	nit	nin- , nina- , nine- , nino-
1st (incl) Person Plural	nit	nit	nit	nin- , nina- , nine- , nino-
2nd Person Singular	kat	kat	kat	k- , ka- , ke- , ko-
2nd Person Dual	kit	kit	kit	kin- , kina- , kine- , kino-
2nd Person Plural	kit	kit	kit	kin- , kina- , kine- , kino-
3rd Person Singular Gender 1	at	at	at	∅- , a- , e- , o-
3rd Person Singular Gender 2	at	at	at	∅- , a- , e- , o-
3rd Person Dual	it	it	it	in- , ina- , ine- , ino-
3rd Person Plural	it	it	it	in- , ina- , ine- , ino-