пʼ-

Nivkh

Etymology

From пʼи (pʼi), the reflexive pronoun.

Prefix

пʼ- (pʼ-) (triggers consonant mutation)

1. (Amur, Sakhalin, possessive, reflexive) With nouns, marks reflexive possession. Can correspond to my, your, their (own), etc. depending on the antecedent.

   иф пʼӈафӄху пʼрывур итть = Heᵢ said that hisᵢ friends had come. (Amur)

   яӈ пʼӈафӄхун пʼрывур итнд = Heᵢ said that hisᵢ friends had come. (Sakhalin)

2. (Amur, Sakhalin, reflexive) With verbs, marks reflexivity. Can correspond to myself, yourself, themselves, etc. depending on the antecedent.