In the dialogue for this lesson we see one way of talking about going to someone's house:
| Anânamma illunganut ailaukKunga. | I went to my mother's house. |
| Nukamma illunganut ailaukKunga. | I went to my younger sibling's house. |
Both of these words feature a double possessive ending -ma.
This ending indicates that the root it is attached to is related to me and also that a word will follow it that is related to that person:
| anânak | mother |
| anânaga | my mother |
| anânamma illunga | the house of my mother; my mother’s house |
Note that the word that follows -ma must take the ending -nga (his/her/its) to show that it is part of the possessive relationship.
The ending -ma could be followed by a person as well as an object:
| nukak | younger sibling of the same sex |
| anânamma nukanga | my mother’s younger sister |
Note also in the above examples that -ma changes the final -k of a noun root to -m, while -nga deletes the final -k.