Indicates a genitive relationship between a verb and substantive.
-n is an enclitic, suffixed to a word ending in a vowel. When the word preceding the genitive ends in a consonant, no genitive ligature occurs.
Inyālin Oltāgon nan onon tu'u.
Oltāgon brought what we will eat.
Na'īpung nan patanong nan pāhul'u.
The shaft of my spear broke.
Inyabban nan babāi imbaluyna.
The woman carried her child on her back.
See sec. 7.11.
Indicates a possessive relationship between two nouns; the first is possessed by the second.
-n is an enclitic with distribution, as described under 1.
Nibitug nan ulun Bumallātung.
The head of Bumallātung was bumped.
See sec. 7.11.