marker of (singular) personal names

Dupaningan

Reid 1971

singular associate marker for the name of a person or a pet, used in postpositive position 〈marks possession〉

Zorc 1969

singular #ni class marker occurring before names; by (as in ‘written by’) 〈marker of the agent of a non-actor voice verb〉

Mintz and Britanico 1985

marker of the genitive case of singular personal names

Lotud

Blust n.d. (1971)

attributive marker for singular personal nouns

Headland and Headland 1974

genitive marker before names or titles 〈marker of possession and agency of a non-actor voice verb〉

Wolff 1972

personal noun phrase marker, genitive case; marks the proper noun as a nonfocused participant in the clause; also marks possession

Scebold 2003

genitive marker, marker of possession

of, by 〈indicator of possession and agency of a non-actor voice verb〉

Conklin 1953, Reid p.c.

#ni and its inflected forms (#niya, #nita, #nima) and its specific form #nonta are together the source set of articles; at the clause level, indicates that the part of the clause that is marked by the #ni article is non-topic and non-location, or is a time phrase; in genitive (or qualifying) phrases marks part-whole relations (e.g. #atep ni baley ‘roof of the house’)

Ballard 2011

singular of the personal article, used before names of people and intelligent animals (pets); possessive proper article

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

the genitive of the personal article, sometimes taking the form #níyin in songs, or #nim before a word that begins with #b or #p

Vanoverbergh 1972

personal article

Yamada 1976

marker of the genitive case of singular personal names

genitive marker, marker of possession

Neumann 1951

possessive marker

Walker 1975,1976

substantive relational marker; personal, relative

Svelmoe and Svelmoe 1990

prefix with the emphatic set of pronouns to indicate possession (mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs), and to indicate non-focus beneficiary outside the core of the clause, i.e. to or for me/you/him/her/us/them; this can also mean from or with me/you/him/her/us/them

introduces the personal genitive noun phrase; also introduces the out-of-focus agent of a verbal action

marker of the genitive case of singular personal names

the action, state, possession of someone; a particular action is performed by a named person (#ni is followed by a personal noun)

marker of the genitive case of singular personal names

preposition used before a person’s name or names to connote possessive case; may also indicate the doer of a certain action 〈after a non-actor voice verb〉

Panganiban 1966

marker of the genitive case of singular personal names

marker of the genitive; includes possession, part-to-whole relationships, and agency of a passive verb

Warneck 1977

personal article

Esser 1964

denotes possession, and is always followed by the name of the possessor

Abuyen 2000

genitive marker for personal names and kinship terms

Rau, Dong, et al. 2012, Tsuchida 1987

genitive of singular personal names

Central

Fey 1986

personal genitive marker (all known examples are with singular referents)

Li and Tsuchida 2006

of, by, belonging to (with personal name)

Ferrell 1982

genitive marker, possessive marker (appears to be restricted to human referents)

Ferrell 1968

genitive case marker for singular personal nouns

Cauquelin 1991

genitive of singular personal nouns (marks possession, and agency of an undergoer voice verb)

Li 1978

construct suffix: of (#inja era-i pikad ‘blood of a pig’ 〈blood passive.possessive-construct suffix pig〉

Lynch 2001a

construct suffix, always followed by a noun phrase referring to possessor

François 2002

genitive particle: of, belonging to (#rata-na ni hanua ‘clan name’, #waisia ni hanua ‘land animals’)

Geerts 1970

of, belonging to; showing genitive relation

Fox, C. 1970

genitive; used only in certain phrases (#puku ni mana ‘source of power’, #pau ni mane ‘an elder’)

Ivens 1940

3sg possessive pronoun: of her, him, it (used in partitive construction in many expressions where it would not appear in English, as in expressions of time, but not consistently)

Goodenough and Sugita 1980

preposition, sign of possession; used before common nouns and names of places, but before names of persons replaced by i or nei, and in some expressions not used at all

Capell 1968

of, in, by, for, with. in order to

Sabatier 1971

of, pertaining to

Lee 1976

of, belonging to (#fote ni fera ‘native paddle’ 〈paddle of home〉; in order to, for; according to, in the matter of, with; forms adverbs

Fox, C. 1974

of, pertaining to

Abo, Bender, Capelle and deBrum 1976

genitive marker: of (#e-lagi ni naati ‘top of banana’, #na-aleati-a ni tuai ‘days of old, olden days’)

a preposition with many meanings, but the chief ones are: 1. belonging to, of (#mane ni Nggela ‘a native of Nggela’); 2. to (#ndutu ni mate ‘near (to) death’); 3. as (#kambu ni vunagi ‘dwell as a king’); 4. for; in order to (#mbutu ni tarai ‘come to teach’); 5. with; 6. on account of; 7. concerning, about; 8. with, by (instrumental); 9. it makes possessive pronouns: #ninggua, #nimua, #nina, etc.

Fox, C. 1955

construct suffix (#gamali-ni Robert ‘Robert’s clubhouse’, #leo-ni tama-ku ‘My father’s language’)

mine

construct suffix: of; this suffix is written together with the preceding word if that word is one syllable long or ends in a vowel; otherwise, it is written as the separate word #en

Rehg and Sohl 1979

genitive: of; expresses purpose; expresses condition

Ivens 1929

particle which connects two common nouns in a genitive construction; the first noun may related to the second noun in one of the following partially distinct senses: 1. purpose, use, function; for, of, 2. belonging to, 3. inherent part or attribute of, 4. originating from, belonging to a place, 5. consequence, result: for, of, as a consequence of, 6. connects a nominalized verb denoting an action or process with a noun which, in an equivalent verbal construction, would be the direct object of the verb

Pawley and Sayaba 2003

transitive verb suffix; to own, have, possess (permanently)

Sohn and Tawerilmang 1976