 For a possessor suffix to be applied to an indirectly possessed noun, there are three possessum nouns (“classifiers”) which must be used in the place of an explicit reference to the indirectly possessed object.The classifiers correspond to three categories of objects; "ana" for edible things, "numa" for drinkable things, and "ape" for general indirect possession.Hafford (1999) states, “These classifiers act as nouns… taking quantifiers, articles and bound agreement suffixes.” Accordingly, the possessor suffixes attach either to a directly possessed noun, or a classifier noun corresponding to an indirectly possessed object (e.g.