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The endings for the secondary oblique cases are not usually added to a semantically animate noun, while the endings for the primary main cases are not usually added to a semantically inanimate noun.
The endings for the secondary oblique cases are not usually added to a semantically animate noun, while the endings for the primary main cases are not usually added to a semantically inanimate noun.
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| || colspan="4" | ''Plural declension''
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| ||<small>''precasual pattern''</small>||<small>''postcasual pattern''</small>||<small>''precasual pattern''</small>||<small>''postcasual pattern''</small>
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| style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''agentive''</small></center>  || style="width: 80px;"| '''papunoli''' || style="width: 80px;"| '''papulino''' || style="width: 80px;"| '''-''' || style="width: 80px;"| '''-'''
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| <center><small>''passive''</small></center> || '''papu''' || '''soːŋo'''
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| <center><small>''genitive''</small></center> || '''papura''' || '''-'''
|-
| <center><small>''terminative''</small></center> || '''papuʂu''' || '''soːŋoʂu'''
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| <center><small>''terminative''</small></center> || '''papuχæ''' || '''soːŋoχæ''' 
|-
| <center><small>''causative''</small></center> || '''papukʰu''' || '''soːŋokʰu''' 
|-
| <center><small>''instrumental''</small></center> || '''-''' || '''soːŋokʰæ''' 
|-
| <center><small>''abessive''</small></center> || '''-''' || '''soːŋoŋil''' 
|-
| <center><small>''locative''</small></center> || '''-''' || '''soːŋoʈar''' 
|}

Revision as of 06:38, 2 May 2025

Noun declension

As already mentioned, the nominal root has a CVCV structure. This structure can be derivatively and semantically expanded by other syllables, while still preserving its vowel-ending structure.

Nouns do decline, according to their role in the sentence for case. They also distinguish three morphological numbers, singular, dual, and plural.

A nominal root is thus declined for case and number by adding the following morphemes:

Case morphemes
agentive
-li
passive
-
genitive
-ra
ablative
-ʂu
terminative
-χæ
causative
-kʰu
instrumental
-kʰæ
abessive
-ŋil
locative
-ʈar
Numeral morphemes
singular
-
plural
-no
dual
-ʔi

In the pre-diasporic period, these morphemes are added to the root without a fixed pattern. Numeral morpheme can, indeed, be freely placed before or after the case morpheme.

Some examples are shown below: a typical active or animate noun, papu, father, and a typical inactive or inanimate noun, soːŋo, house.

Singular declension
agentive
papuli -
passive
papu soːŋo
genitive
papura -
terminative
papuʂu soːŋoʂu
terminative
papuχæ soːŋoχæ
causative
papukʰu soːŋokʰu
instrumental
- soːŋokʰæ
abessive
- soːŋoŋil
locative
- soːŋoʈar

The endings for the secondary oblique cases are not usually added to a semantically animate noun, while the endings for the primary main cases are not usually added to a semantically inanimate noun.

Plural declension
precasual pattern postcasual pattern precasual pattern postcasual pattern
agentive
papunoli papulino - -
passive
papu soːŋo
genitive
papura -
terminative
papuʂu soːŋoʂu
terminative
papuχæ soːŋoχæ
causative
papukʰu soːŋokʰu
instrumental
- soːŋokʰæ
abessive
- soːŋoŋil
locative
- soːŋoʈar