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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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4) lak-sáasti n tamáqn&u&<br />

PL-new ep. shirt<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> shirts are new’<br />

5) laq-tsutsóqo mi-laqastápu&<br />

PL-red 2POSS-eye.bean<br />

‘Your eyes are red’<br />

6) lak-c%aa"máan lak-c%is%kuwíin<br />

PL-tall PL-men<br />

‘the tall men'<br />

7) laq-qoníwa laq-qawáac%án<br />

PL-fat Pl-boys<br />

‘the boys are fat’<br />

When an adjective modifies a conjoined noun phrase, the adjective in its plural form may<br />

precedes or follow the conjoined NP. However, my consultants stated that modification <strong>of</strong> a<br />

conjoined NP is rare, <strong>and</strong> I have no examples <strong>of</strong> it in narratives.<br />

8) laq-tsutsóqo tamáqnu c%oo qaan<br />

‘the red shirt(s) <strong>and</strong> skirt(s)<br />

9) lak-"kaakála laq-qawaac%áa-n c%oo laq-sqatáa-n<br />

‘the thin boys <strong>and</strong> babies’<br />

10) c%íki n c%oo kiwi lak-taa"máan<br />

‘the tall house <strong>and</strong> tree’<br />

3.3.2 Possession. Nouns (but not adjectives) may be inflected for possession, with the person <strong>and</strong><br />

the number <strong>of</strong> the possessor marked on the possessed noun. Kinship terms are inalienably<br />

possessed, meaning they always carry possessive markers. Body part nouns <strong>and</strong> nouns referring<br />

to items <strong>of</strong> clothing are also almost always possessed. Nominal possession follows the pattern<br />

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