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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

Some examples are shown below: a class I noun, papəw, father, and a class II noun, sōgo, house.

	papəw		sōgo
	singular	plural	singular	plural
agentive	papəwliə	papəwliəno
passive	papəw	papəwno	sōgo	sōgono
genitive	papəwra	papəwrano	sōgora	sōgorano
dative	papəwxə	papəwxəno	sōgoxə	sōgoxəno
causative	papəwxəw	papəwxəwno	sōgoxəw	sōgoxəwno
abessive			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.