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Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
My eyes are brown.
  
An sákiku swan húkyes.
[ˈan ˈsa.ki.kʉ ˈswɑn ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s]
anprox sáki-kueye-1 swa-enbe-prox húkyes.brown.

Saki takes inalienable possession, and is required to be possessed; one couldn't just say *An saki swa-n húkyes. Because ku is being used as a pronoun, a noun phrase is not required.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
This cat's eyes are brown.
  
An sákipel al myau swan húkyes.
[ˈan ˈsa.ki.pl̩ ˈal ˈmjæo ˈswɑn ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s]
anprox sáki-eleye-med almed myaucat swa-enbe-prox húkyes.brown.
  
An sákipi myau swan húkyes.
[ˈan ˈsa.ki.pi ˈmjæo ˈswɑn ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s]
anprox sáki-ieye-obv myaucat swa-enbe-prox húkyes.brown.
Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
The cat with brown eyes goes.
  
An myau lwe sáki húkyes naun.
[ˈan ˈmjæo lʷʊ̜̆s.ˈsa.ki ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈnaon]
anprox myaucat lwe=sákiwith=eye húkyesbrown naum-en.go-prox.

Or ...lwe húkyes saki.... Not *An myau lwe húkyes sakipen naun; when used with lwe, the noun doesn't take possessive marking.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
The cat has brown eyes.
  
An myau swan lwe húkyes sáki.
[ˈan ˈmjæo ˈswɑn lʷʊ̜̆.ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈsa.ki]
anprox myaucat swa-enbe-prox lwe=húkyeswith=brown sáki.eye.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
One day, in Súiⱥcúil, Color Brown noticed that it was hard to tell things apart.
,Súiⱥcúil, k      
Shepík, pe swíukweyl, hu'an Kaitu Húkyes paunge mekyelálwep lu kúlwenk lú pútwe.
[ʃɪ̆p.ˈpik, pə̆s.ˈswɨ.ʉ.kwʎ̩, ˈhwɑn ˈkɜe.tʉ ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈpao.ŋʊ̜̆ mə̆k.kjl̩.ˈla.lʷʊ̜̆p lu.ˈku.lʷŋ̩k ˈlu ˈpu.twʊ̜̆]
shepík,once, pe=swíukweyl,at=Súiⱥcúil, hu=anexp=prox kaitucolor húkyesbrown paungecan.any mekyelálwepwith_difficulty lu=kúlwenkpart=distinguish lúsee pútwe.notice.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Color, however, wanted there to be more, so ze invented brown,
,    , k   ,
Útwek, lú yátleng swáshe sal kaitu, wan chúsen tweskíl húkyes kaitu,
[ˈu.twʊ̜̆k, ˈlu ˈjæt.lŋ̩ ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ ˈsal ˈkɜe.tʉ, ˈwɑn ˈʧʉ.sn̩ twʊ̜̆s.ˈkiʎ ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈkɜe.tʉ]
útwek,but, lúsee yátlengdesire swásheexist salanother kaitu,color, wanso chus-enmake-prox tweskílinvent húkyesbrown kaitu,color,
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
and made dirt, wood, hair, and skin brown objects.
k     
se chúsen húkyes nga mipúli se núnet se puinushe se mishút.
[sə̆ ˈʧʉ.sn̩ ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈŋɜ mi.ˈpu.ʎɨ sɪ̆ ˈnu.nʊ̜̆t sə̆ ˈpʊɨ.ɲʉ.ʃᵿ̜̆ sə̆ mi.ˈʃʉt]
seand chus-enmake-prox húkyesbrown ngaany mipúlisoil seand núnetwood seand puinu-shehair-indf seand mishút.skin.

...so I decided to try to improve/expand the story a bit, which included adding more things about what objects get what color... which means that I needed to decide what color the skin of the people in this world was. The average skin color in this world is sort of a medium color, like east Asians in our world (which I'd consider a shade of brown), though there's some variation (they don't assign as much importance to skin color... eye color, on the other hand...)