Datapoint Kinubi/Marking of pronominal possessors

The genitive particle ta (regarded as a preposition here) has a possessive suffix (see Example 65). The older speakers of Mombasa sometimes use the possessive suffix without ta (very seldom), directly on the possessed noun as in Arabic.

Values

Adpositional phrase following the possessum Frequency: 90.0%

Example 63-65:
akú tá-i
akú
brother
tá-i
gen-my
my brother

Source: Luffin 2005: 336

Confidence:
Very certain

Suffix Frequency: 10.0%

Example 63-66:
ána abú-i Morú
ána
1sg
abú-i
father-my
Morú
Moru
My father is a Moru.

Source: Luffin 2004: 157

Confidence:
Very certain