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''' | '''K̔uamništ''' (natively ''K̔uamništ goč̔'' /kʰuəmniʃt goʰtʃ/) is an [[Azalic]] language. It is significantly more agglutinative than English. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Chuaimisc nouns fall into three declension classes. First declension nouns pluralize by slenderizing their final consonants, and second declension nouns pluralize by adding final | Chuaimisc nouns fall into three declension classes. First declension nouns pluralize by slenderizing their final consonants, and second declension nouns pluralize by adding final ''-e''. Most nouns belong to the third declension, where nouns pluralize in ''-t'' or ''-et''. | ||
Nouns in Chuaimisc have ten cases: ergative, absolutive, genitive, dative, instrumental, comitative, essive, locative, translative and distributive. | Nouns in Chuaimisc have ten cases: ergative, absolutive, genitive, dative, instrumental, comitative, essive, locative, translative and distributive. | ||
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! Imperative | ! Imperative | ||
| '' | | ''lov!'' || ''bent!'' || ''k̔olt!'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Present | ! Present | ||
| '' | | ''lovaš'' || ''bentaš'' || ''k̔oltaš'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Preterite | ! Preterite | ||
| '' | | ''ollovaš'' || ''ebbentaš'' || ''okk̔oltaš'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Subjunctive (PAz irrealis + *wekw-) | ! Subjunctive (PAz irrealis + *wekw-) | ||
| '' | | ''ollovač̔aš'' || ''ebbentač̔aš'' || ''okk̔oltač̔aš'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Future (PAz irrealis + *h2el-) | ! Future (PAz irrealis + *h2el-) | ||
| '' | | ''lovlaš'' || ''bentlaš'' || ''k̔oltlaš'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Perfect (PAz stative + *steh2-) | ! Perfect (PAz stative + *steh2-) | ||
| '' | | ''lovt̔aš'' || ''bentt̔aš'' || ''k̔oltt̔aš'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Pluperfect (PAz stative + *ste-steh2-) | ! Pluperfect (PAz stative + *ste-steh2-) | ||
| '' | | ''lovsat̔aš'' || ''bentsat̔aš'' || ''k̔oltsat̔aš'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Active part. | ! Active part. | ||
| '' | | ''lovnt̔'' || ''bentnt̔'' || ''k̔oltnt̔'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Passive part. | ! Passive part. | ||
| '' | | ''lovad'' || ''bentad'' || ''k̔oltad'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Azalic languages]] | [[Category:Azalic languages]] |
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