Type 4 noun suffixes

Type 4 noun suffixes are demonstratives and possessives and can only be attached to nouns:

Most possessive suffixes have a form for use with beings capable of language, and a form for all other nouns.

Suffix	meaning
-vam	this/these
-vetlh	that/those
-wIj	my (non-language)
-wI'	my (language)
-lIj	your (singular; non-language)
-lI'	your (singular; language)
-Daj	his/her/its
-maj	our (non-language)
-ma'	our (language)
-raj	your (plural; non-language)
-ra'	your (plural; language)
-chaj	their

Note that using a non-language suffix when referring to someone capable of language is highly insulting.

Examples

Other suffix types

Type	Sort	Suffixes
1	Size/Importance	-'a', -Hom, -oy
2	Number	-pu', -Du', -mey
3	Qualification	-Hey, -qoq, -na'
4	Possession/Specification	-wIj, -lIj, -vam, -vetlh
5	Syntactic Markers	-Daq, -vo', -mo', -vaD, -'e'

See also

• verb suffixes

References