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=== Noun Stems ===
Nouns are classified in traditional Minhast grammars based on whether the final syllable of the Absolutive form ends in one of the following glides: ''-ia'', ''-ea'', or ''-ua''.  These glides affect the form of the noun when attached to a clitic, as the following chart indicates:
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|+ style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" |Nominal Declension for Strong and Weak Noun Stems
| style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ccff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" | Case
| style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ccff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" | Strong Noun
| style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ccff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" colspan="3" | Weak Noun
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" | Absolutive
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | gal
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | marua
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | yarea
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | simmia
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" | Ergative
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | gal=de
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | marū=de
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | yarē=de
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | simmī=de
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" | Oblique
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | gal=
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | marū=
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | yarē=
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | simmī=
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" | Stative
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | gal=
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | marū=
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | yarē=
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | simmī=
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" | Meaning
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | horse
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | the "star" Venus
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | young girl
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | moonless night
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=== Pronominal Forms ===
=== Pronominal Forms ===