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The adjective

As already mentioned, the word root has a (C)VC structure. When taking an adjective role, the root is usually expanded by the adjectival suffix -i-.

ʂojɽ- → ʂojɽ- + -i- → ʂojɽi
narrowness → narrow 

There are, however, many other suffixes and prefixes that can expand the root, especially when the root has a clear noun role and it is not expanded by the main adjectival suffix.

ṫiʡ- → ṫiʡ- + -ri- → ṫiʡri
human → human 

All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings.

Declension of qualifying adjectives

Examples: səjmi, young, and nupʰi, new, with a semantically animate noun, rome, father, and a semantically inanimate noun, tojme, house.

	symi rome
	singular	plural
ergative	symik̇ə romek̇ə	symijk̇ə romejk̇ə
absolutive	symi rome	symij romej
possessive	symiṗu romeṗu	symijṗu romejṗu
terminative	symiʈu romeʈu	symijʈu romejʈu
ablative	symiʡo romeʡo	symijʡo romejʡo
causative	symino romeno	symijno romejno
benefactive	symipə romepə	symijpə romejpə
instrumental	-	-
locative	-	-

	nupʰi tojme
	singular	plural
ergative	-	-
absolutive	nupʰi tojme	nupʰij tojmej
possessive	-	-
terminative	nupʰiʈu tojmeʈu	nupʰijʈu tojmejʈu
ablative	nupʰiʡo tojmeʡo	nupʰijʡo tojmejʡo
causative	nupʰino tojmeno	nupʰijno tojmejno
benefactive	nupʰipə tojmepə	nupʰijpə tojmejpə
instrumental	nupʰima tojmema	nupʰijma tojmejma
locative	nupʰiwa tojmewa	'nupʰijwa tojmejwa