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Other vowels display irregular changes, and these plurals are shown in the vocabulary. | Other vowels display irregular changes, and these plurals are shown in the vocabulary. | ||
Nouns are also declined in case by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun: | |||
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| || colspan="2" | <center> | | style="width: 100px;"| <center><small>''ergative''</small></center> || style="width: 60px;"| -k | ||
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| <center><small>''absolutive''</small></center> || - | |||
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| <center><small>''genitive''</small></center> || -ħ | |||
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| <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || -ɕ | |||
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| <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || -n | |||
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| <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || -ma | |||
|} | |||
Some examples are shown below: a class I noun, rome, ''father'', and a class II noun, döme, ''house''. | |||
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| || colspan="2" | <center>rome</center> || colspan="2" | <center>döme</center> | |||
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| style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | ||
Revision as of 08:15, 2 May 2025
Noun declension
Nouns are declined for number by changing the last vowel of the noun root. The general vowel changes are:
Other vowels display irregular changes, and these plurals are shown in the vocabulary.
Nouns are also declined in case by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun:
| -k | |
| - | |
| -ħ | |
| -ɕ | |
| -n | |
| -ma |
Some examples are shown below: a class I noun, rome, father, and a class II noun, döme, house.
| papəwliə | papəwliəno | |||
| papəw | papəwno | sōgo | sōgono | |
| papəwra | papəwrano | sōgora | sōgorano | |
| papəwxə | papəwxəno | sōgoxə | sōgoxəno | |
| papəwxəw | papəwxəwno | sōgoxəw | sōgoxəwno | |
| sōgogiəl | sōgogiəlno | |||
As for the rules, the endings for the abessive case cannot be added to a class I noun, while the endings for the ergative case cannot be added to a class II noun.
