Verse:Mwail/Quququqquq
In Angai, Quququqquq (/ku:ku:'kʊkkʊk/, natively quququqquq qaqqaäa /kùkùkùkːùk kàkːàáà/ [kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ]) is the most phonologically minimalistic Kawenic language, with just one consonant /k/, two vowels /u a/, and two tones (high, written ä and low, written a). It's spoken in the island nation of Quqqaäa (pronounced /'kʊkə/ in English).
Todo: Vedic-style chanting tradition
uüuquqau 'cow'
qäqqäquqau 'crow'
Nouns
aqua 'water' (nom.)
aqü (gen.)
aquaq (part.)
aqüü (illative)
aqüqqu (inessive)
aqüqquq (elative)
aqüqua (allative)
aqüqqa (adessive)
aqüqqaq (ablative)
aqüququ (translative)
aqüquaä (terminative)
aqüquqqü (durative)
aqüqaua (essive)
aqüqauaq (exessive)
aqüqqäqu (comitative)
aqüuqqau (abessive)
aqüqqaqqu (instructive)
aqüq (nom. pl.)
aquaqa (gen. pl.)
aquauq (part. pl.)
aquaqaü (illative pl.)
aquaqaqqu (iness. pl.)
etc.
Verbs
TODO: "déanaimse, déan tusa, ..." forms instead of subject pronouns
| indicative mood | imperative mood | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nonpast | past | nonpast emphatic | past emphatic | ||||||||
| per. | no. | affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative |
| 1st | sg. | quqüäqau | äau quqüä | quqüäqäu | äqqau quqüä | quqüäqauq | - | - | |||
| 2nd | quqüäqu | äu quqüä | quqüäqäqu | äqqu quqüä | quqüäqä | quqüä | äua quqüä | ||||
| 3rd | quqüäquq | ää quqüä | quqüäqä | äqq quqüä | quqüäqqa | quqüäqa | äuqaa quqüä | ||||
| 1st | pl. | quqüäqaüq | äqaüq quqüä | quqüäqäaüq | äqqauq quqüä | quqüäqaüquqqaqq | quqüäqaqauq | äuqaqauq quqüä | |||
| 2nd | quqüäququq | äququq quqüä | quqüäqäuquq | äqququq quqüä | quqüäquququqqaqq | quqüäqaquq | äuqaquq quqüä | ||||
| 3rd | quqüäqüüq | äqüüq quqüä | quqüäqäüüq | äqqüüq quqüä | quqüäqqauqqaqq | quqüäqääq | äuqääq quqüä | ||||
| impersonal | quqüäqua | äqua quqüä | quqüäqäua | äqqua quqüä | - | - | - | - | quqüäqaua | äuqaua quqüä | |
quqüäquqa 'to write'
Non-past:
quqüäqau 'I write'
quqüäqu (2sg)
quqüäquq (3sg)
quqüäqaüq (1pl)
quqüäququq (2pl)
quqüäqüüq (3pl)
quqüäqua (impersonal)
äau quqüä 'I do not write'
äu quqüä
ää quqüä
äqaüq quqüä
äququq quqüä
äqüüq quqüä
äqua quqüä
Past:
quqüäqäu 'I wrote'
quqüäqäqu (2sg)
quqüäqä (3sg)
quqüäqäaüq (1pl)
quqüäqäuquq (2pl)
quqüäqäüüq (3pl)
quqüäqäüä
äqqau quqüä 'I did not write'
äqqu quqüä
äqq quqüä
äqqauq quqüä
äqququq quqüä
äqqüüq quqüä
äqqua quqüä
Imperative
quqüä 'Write!' (2sg)
quqüäqa (3sg)
quqüäqaqauq (1pl)
quqüäqaquq (2pl)
quqüäqääq (3pl)
äua quqüä 'Don't write!' (2sg)
äuqa quqüä (3sg)
äuqaqauq quqüä (1pl)
äuqaquq quqüä (2pl)
äuqääq quqüä (3pl)
aquqquqa 'to eat'
Non-past:
aquqqau 'I eat'
aquqqu (2sg)
aquqquq (3sg)
aquqqaüq (1pl)
aquqququq (2pl)
aquqqüüq (3pl)
aquqqua (impersonal)
äau aquq 'I do not eat'
äu aquq
ää aquq
äqaüq aquq
äququq aquq
äqüüq aquq
äqua aquq