Editing Crow language (section)

====Possession====
Nouns are classified as either inalienably or alienably possessed, according to which possessive markers they occur with.

Inalienably possessed nouns are those that are inherently possessed or nondetachable associations, specifically body parts and family members, opposed to alienably possessed nouns whose entity is not inherently possessed. This rule is not absolute as some body parts and kin nouns can be considered alienable and some nouns with close associations to its possessor (i.e., {{transliteration|cro|aasúu}} 'his house', {{transliteration|cro|isaashkakaáshi}} 'her dog') can be considered inalienable.

The affixed possession paradigm for inalienable and alienable possessives can be derived. The alienable possessives only use the first consonant of the alienable prefixes and do not mark the possessor when the prefix begins with a vowel. The final suffix transforms into a diphthong from /-o/.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 |
! colspan=2 | Alienable
! colspan=2 | Inalienable
|-
! <small>Singular</small> || <small>Plural</small>
! <small>Singular</small> || <small>Plural</small>
|-
! 1st Person
| '''''bas-'''''{root}
| '''''bas-'''''{root}'''''-o'''''
| '''''b-'''''{root}
| '''''b-'''''{root}'''''-úua'''''
|-
! 2nd Person
| '''''dís-'''''{root}
| '''''dís-'''''{root}'''''-o'''''
| '''''d-'''''{root}
| '''''d-'''''{root}'''''-uua'''''
|-
! 3rd Person
| '''''is-'''''{root}
| '''''is-'''''{root}'''''-o'''''
| '''''0-'''''{root}
| '''''0-'''''{root}'''''-úua'''''
|}