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Nouns decline in eight different cases: absolutive, ergative, instrumental, allative, ablative, locative, perlative and similative, and in number, for singular, dual and plural. | Nouns decline in eight different cases: absolutive, ergative, instrumental, allative, ablative, locative, perlative and similative, and in number, for singular, dual and plural. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ '''Nouns''' | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! {{center|Singular}} | |||
! {{center|Dual}} | |||
! {{center|Plural}} | |||
|- | |||
| '''Absolutive''' | |||
| -∅ | |||
| ÷ju² | |||
| ÷ix¹ / -mix | |||
|- | |||
| '''Ergative''' | |||
| ÷huu | |||
| ÷juh² | |||
| ÷ixi¹ / -mixi | |||
|- | |||
| '''Instrumental''' | |||
| ÷hak / -k | |||
| ÷kat / tuk | |||
| ÷kix² | |||
|- | |||
| '''Allative''' | |||
| ÷hi | |||
| ÷hit | |||
| ÷him | |||
|- | |||
| '''Ablative''' | |||
| ÷hahip / -hip | |||
| ÷huut | |||
| ÷hum | |||
|- | |||
| '''Locative''' | |||
| ÷haqi / -qi | |||
| ÷haq / qu | |||
| ÷qix² | |||
|- | |||
| '''Perlative''' | |||
| ÷hapi / -pi | |||
| ÷it¹ / -t | |||
| ÷pix² | |||
|- | |||
| '''Similative''' | |||
| ÷hasi / -si | |||
| ÷sit² | |||
| ÷six² | |||
|} | |||
Notes: | |||
Notes: | |||
*÷: if the root ends in a consonant, remove it. | |||
*¹: if the root ends in a consonant, remove both it and the vowel before it, except in monosyllabic words, in which case the suffix goes after the consonant. | |||
*²: if the root ends with the suffix's first consonant, the suffix is applied in its totality, without removing consonants. | |||
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | |||
! colspan="8" |Example: mihat (mother) | |||
|+ '''Nouns''' | |+ '''Nouns''' | ||
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<!-- Pronunciation--> | <!-- Pronunciation--> | ||
| colspan="8"| /miχ/ — / | | colspan="8"| /miχ/ — /miχaːt/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
<!-- Morphemes--> | <!-- Morphemes--> | ||
|<small> | |<small>mihat-</small> | ||
|<small>-∅-</small> / | |<small>-∅-</small> / | ||
|<small> | |<small>mihaat</small> | ||
|- | |- | ||
<!-- Gloss--> | <!-- Gloss--> |
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