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Kaikiwan noun cases are distinguished by a hyphen before the case suffix. This does not appear phonetically- it is entirely an orthographic convention. | Kaikiwan noun cases are distinguished by a hyphen before the case suffix. This does not appear phonetically- it is entirely an orthographic convention. | ||
There are four noun cases: '''nominative''', ''' | There are four noun cases: '''nominative''', '''absolutive''', '''genitive''' and '''dative'''. Specifically the '''absolutive''' suffix varies in tone based on the previous noun's tone, e.g. ''sámo-tó'' or ''hùwui-tò''. If there is no clear tone, e.g. in ''túlelù'', ''-to'' is used. | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
|+ Noun cases | |+ Noun cases | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Tone !! colspan=4 | Case | ! rowspan=2 | Tone !! colspan=4 | Case | ||
|- class=small | |- class=small | ||
! Nominative !! | ! Nominative !! Absolutive !! Genitive !! Dative | ||
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! No tone | ! No tone | ||
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|| ''-tò'' | || ''-tò'' | ||
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====Noun phrase==== | ====Noun phrase==== | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||