Steve Watson

Pronominal Suffixes

Standard endings are: 

Used on nouns and adjectives, which take special forms based on Status Rectus of nouns.

Formation rules:

1. Plural:                 noun-m+suff                        [ummanatum -> ummanatušu]
2. Dual:                    noun-n+suff                         [uznan -> uznašu]
3. Gen Sing.:          noun-m+suff                        [bitim     -> bitišu]
4. Nom/Acc Sing: Find stem

      Consider stem endings

1. vowel: noun-m+suff                                           [rubûm(=rubaum) -> rubûšu]
2. consonant
   1. Suff. is 1^st sing.: stem+suff                     [bitum   -> biti]
   2. 1 cons.: stem+suff                                     [bitum   -> bitšu]
   3. double cons: stem+a+suff                       [lemuttum -> lemuttašu]
   4. 2 diff cons: find construct state

                        Consider construct endings

1. 1 cons: construct+suffix                  [šiprum -> šipiršu]
2. i: construct-i+a+suff              [napištum -> napištašu]

Case is obscured in 4.2.

Adjectives agree with suffixed nouns in case, gender, and number even where case is obscured

Suffixes may also attach to some prepositions.