(Udmurt)

PossSuffGenSuff

PossSuffGenSuff: Possession is expressed through the use of a suffix on both the possessed noun and the possessor.

(1)kolxoz-lenmašina-jez
kolkhozGENcar3SG
’the car of the kolkhoz’ (Perevoshchikov et al. 1962: 77)

(2)sokolxoz-leśbusy-z-evoźmat-i-z.
3SGkolkhozABLplough_land3SGACCshowPST3SG
’He showed us the plough-land of the kolkhoz.’ (Winkler 2011: 71)

(3)sergej-lenmylkydlobʒ́-onokaď.
SergeyGENmoodflyPTCP.NECas
’Sergey is in a very good mood (Sergey is in high spirits).’ (Alasheeva 2011: 30)

In Udmurt adnominal possessive constructions with a nominal possessor and possessee the possessor is dative (1) (or, in case the possessive construction functions as the direct object, ablative (2)), and the possessed noun shows person and number agreement with the possessor (1)–(2).

Sometimes the agreement marking can be absent (Perevoshchikov et al. 1962: 78–79, Alasheeva et al. 2011: 30). It is the most likely to occur in the presence of an inalienable possessee (3) (F. Gulyás et al. 2018).

Author: Erika Asztalos


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