Hothenese
Native name: Hôthen mâl
Add more Estonian/old Medh Nghêl gibbiness
Phonology: p t k b d g f θ x ð h m n ŋ l r s ʒ j ʋ + Finnish vowels
Mutations (productive): p t k s -> f θ x h; p t k s f -> b d g ʒ ʋ
Only a handful of nouns should begin with f
Declensions:
e-stem rŷch: rŷch, rŷchi, rŷched, rŷchel, rŷchez, rŷchev, rŷche!
a-stem cô: cô, côi, côad, côal, côaz, côav, côa!
o-stem serr: serr, serri, serrœd, serrœl, serrœz, serrœv, serrœ!
apparent-vowel calo: calo, calo, calod, calol, caloz, calov, calo!
t-stem mened: mened, menez, meneth, menedel, menet, menep, mened!
s-stem fôraz: fôraz, fôraz, fôrâth, fôrazel, fôras, fôraf, fôraz!
n-stem cŷthen: cŷthen, cŷthen, cŷthenn, cŷthenel, cŷthêz, cŷthemm, cŷthen!
nen-stem Pellæne: Pellæne, Pellæz, Pellæ̂th, Pellæzel, Pellæs, Pellæf, Pellæz!
Plurals use a particle ma which triggers a spirant mutation (numbers likewise trigger a spirant mutation)
Pronouns
êz, enn, êth, ennel, ennez/ês, ennev/êf = 1SG
ia, iân, iâth, iâzel, iâs, iâzev = 3SG
hŷz, hynn, hŷth, hynnel, hynnez/hŷs, hynnev/hŷf = 1PL
tôch, tôch, tôth, tôchel, tôchez, tôchev = 3PL
mole, molen, moled, molel, molez, molev = impersonal
Adjectives
Invariable? Just nominative and oblique forms?
Verbs
Thematic verbs (ending with e, a, æ, o, œ, u or y typically)
pêthe-: pêthen, pêtheth, pêthe, pêthedh, pêthed, pêther
infinitive pêthev
S-stem verbs:
loz-: lozin, lozith, loz, lozidh, lozid, lozir
infinitive lôth
T-stem verbs:
sed-: sedin, sedith, sed, sedidh, sedid, sedir
infinitive set
L-stem verbs:
rothel-: rothelin, rothelith, rothel, rothelidh, rothelid, rothelir
infinitive rothell
R-stem verbs:
sæer-: sæerin, sæerith, sæer, sæeridh, sæerid, sæerir
infinitive sæer (underlying *sæerr; but words can't end in a long vowel followed by a double consonant)
Honorifics use -r instead of the 2sg, 3sg and 2pl forms
Other tenses
The past tense uses the suffixes -An, -Ath, -A, -Adh, -Ad, -Ar after the infinitive form. For example:
pêthevæn, pêthevæth, pêthevæ, pêthevædh, pêthevæd, pêthevær
lôthan, lôthath, lôtha, lôthadh, lôthad, lôthar
setæn, setæth, setæ, setædh, setæd, setær
Nonfinite forms
(other than the infinitive)
Attributive: same as the 1SG present but with -n replaced by -m
Derivational morphology
-edU/-AdU/-OdU/-tU/-^thU/-nnU/-^thU? (reflex of a hypothetical -tu/-ty in a finnish gib)
-edA/-AdA/-OdA/-tA/-^thA/-nnA/-^thA? (reflex of a hypothetical -ta/-tä in a finnish gib)
Numbers
oz, cîn, synn, raed, lîth, rœ̂v, fælinn, sŷtheb, rôtheb, ûth
ûthoz, ûthcîn, ûthsynn, ûthraed ...
mecher (20), synnœt (30), raedhot (40), lîthœt (50), rœ̂vœt (60), fælinœt (70), sŷthvot (80), rôthvot (90), tæez (100)