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modifiers of other nouns. In both cases the vowel re-
stored before the possessive suffix prevents the occur-

rence of a stem-final consonant cluster. Examples:
Subject:

Yap.fa jaya.n.k.i.wa. "My field is far away.'
Ip —

Zero complement:

Yapu.n@ sata.ni.:. ‘I'm going to plant my field.’
Tp plant i

Modifier in noun phrase:

Tatala.fi yap.pa.wa. ‘It's my father's field.'
Ip 3p

(‘my father his field')

Tatala.m yap.pa.wa. ‘It's your father's field.’
2p 3p

(‘your father his field’)

Modifiers with 3p or 4p as the final morpheme do not

occur in this context in Morocomarca.

*Tatala.p yap.pa.wa.
3p

*Tatala.s yap.pa.wa.
4p