"Babaring lelakon"; The use of "-ing" in Javanese genitive constructions

Abstract

Two nominals in a genitive construction in Javanese are typically linked by the suffix ‑é in the low speech level and by ‑ipun in the high level, both of which are derived from the third person possessive suffix. There is a third suffix which links two nominals, namely ‑ing , which has so far received little intention in the literature. In this paper, I present a syntactic and historical analysis of the suffix -ing . Of particular concern are four types of genitive constructions which permit the use of ‑ing , as opposed to two constructions where this suffix cannot be used.