possessive relationships may also tend towards a direct possessive construction with entities being referent possessum nouns within the construction when they are a part of a larger whole. (Frostad, 2012, p.123) However, the relationship between lexical items and possessive constructions is by no means stringent. The indirect prepositional constructions, both and , although more readily , may also be used for the same noun, even when there is no semantic difference. Attributive suffixes are what are often labeled as possessive suffixes in most other Oceanic languages (Frostad, 2012, p. 87), but in Ughele, they also have other functions (Frostad, 2012, p. 87). In direct possessive constructions, attributive suffixes may either agree with the possessor noun (12) or be the only expression of the possessor (13). Attributive suffixes are also used to derive nominal attributive modifiers from adjectival verbs, indicating the number and person of the referent of the head noun (14) (Frostad, 2012, p. 87). Possessive constructions using prepositions and Two of the three indirect possessive constructions in Ughele use the prepositions or . The structure of the construction is identical for either preposition which is used in a prepositional phrase which follows the possessum noun, as in (15) and (16). Within the PP is the preposition, either or , followed by the possessor noun expressed in a noun phrase. While not as commonly as the direct possessive construction, and can be used for intrinsically unalienable possession such as body parts, as in (15). (Frostad, 2012 p.127) Indirect possessive constructions using are the most frequently used in Frostad's 2012 corpus, being fairly versatile and widely spread across situations. Both and can be used for kinship terms, inalienable body parts, unowned possessions such as names, as well as for actions carried out by the referent of the possessor noun. (Frostad, 2012, p.130) Possessive constructions using a possessive pronoun Preposed possessive pronouns which modify a possessum noun make up one of the three indirect possessive marking strategies in Ughele (Frostad, p. 86). The possessor may or may not be expressed in a noun phrase. The previous two examples illustrates the flexibility in the possessive pronoun construction when expressing a possessor noun. In (17) the possessor is expressed in a noun phrase, specifically the second-person singular pronoun , while (18) does not express a possessor at all. All other forms of possessive pronouns are compiled in the table below. References Notes Sources Northwest