In Arapaho, animate things which are possessed often take special endings on the noun. A good example is the word he3, 'dog':

 

neté3ebiib	my dog
heté3ebiib	your dog
hité3ebiiw	his/her dog

 

Note that h-, when preceded by a possession prefix, always changes to t- in Arapaho. Note also that -ebiib is added to he3 in the possessed form. Also note that "his or her dog" is placed in the obviative. That is why the -b changes to -w.

These forms can be made plural, as with all Arapaho possessed forms:

 

neté3ebiiwo'	my dogs
heté3ebiiwo'	your dogs
hité3ebiiwo	his/her dogs

 

And with plural possessors, we get the following:

 

neté3ebiibínoo	our(excl) dog or dogs
heté3ebííbin	our(incl) dog or dogs
heté3ebiibínoo	your(pl) dog or dogs
heté3ebiibínoo	our dog or dogs

 

 

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