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* ''imut naviṣyaɂe'' "the teacher's book", ''imut'' being the bound form of ''imute'' "teacher", and ''naviṣya'' "book" being marked with the 3SG possessive ''ɂe''. | * ''imut naviṣyaɂe'' "the teacher's book", ''imut'' being the bound form of ''imute'' "teacher", and ''naviṣya'' "book" being marked with the 3SG possessive ''ɂe''. | ||
* '' | * ''nūrī dvārmaɂe'' "the child's room", ''nūrī'' being the bound form of ''nūrya'' "child". | ||
* ''tätebu ū līv'' "my home is a flat", where ''līv'', bound form of ''līve'' "apartment", is part of a copular structure. | * ''tätebu ū līv'' "my home is a flat", where ''līv'', bound form of ''līve'' "apartment", is part of a copular structure. | ||
* ''līv yudaya'' "3SG stands in the flat", where the positional verb ''yu-de-'' "to stand inside" requires its argument ''līve'' to be in the bound form ''līv''. | * ''līv yudaya'' "3SG stands in the flat", where the positional verb ''yu-de-'' "to stand inside" requires its argument ''līve'' to be in the bound form ''līv''. | ||
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! <small>Ergative</small> | ! <small>Ergative</small> | ||
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# Morphemically ''buney-'', as the vocative of ''-a'' nouns is the stem without the final ''-a''; as per regular saṃdhi, syllable-final ''ey'' becomes ''ī''. | |||
The following declensions - ''-i, -u, -o, -e, -ä'' have their final vowel as part of the stem, and it is regularly kept throughout the declension. ''-e'' stems are therefore different from the consonant stems (which end in ''-e'' in their citation form), but are a very small number of nouns, mainly proper nouns (as are, furthermore, nearly all ''-o'' stems). | The following declensions - ''-i, -u, -o, -e, -ä'' have their final vowel as part of the stem, and it is regularly kept throughout the declension. ''-e'' stems are therefore different from the consonant stems (which end in ''-e'' in their citation form), but are a very small number of nouns, mainly proper nouns (as are, furthermore, nearly all ''-o'' stems). | ||