The main word classes are nouns, verb, adjectives, and cardinal numbers. There are also pronouns, auxiliaries, conjunctions, and particles. Verbs are either static or dynamic.
Nouns are inflected for case. The case suffixes are:
| Word | Tag | Description | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | .Abs | absolutive | themes, patients, patientive subjects, and predicates |
| -tr | -Erg | ergative | donors, agents, and agentive subjects |
| -ke | -Dat | dative | recipients, perceivers |
| -nu | -Ins | instrumental | instruments |
| -de | -Mod | modal | modal auxiliary arguments |
| -so | -Loc | locative | locations |
| -sor | -All | allative | destinations |
| -sono | -Abl | ablative | origins |
| -sokl | -Per | perlative | routes |
| -cu | -Gen | genitive | possessors |
| -pa | -Par | partitive | wholes |
| -he | -Voc | vocative | addressees |
| -ten | -Std | standard | standard of comparison |
Adverbs of degree are formed by adding the suffix -Deg to nouns denoting units of measurement.
Adverbs of manner are formed by adding the suffix -Man to verbs.
| Word | Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|
| # | -Deg | degree of comparison |
| -zi | -Man | manner |
Pronouns are inflected for case like nouns. They include:
| Word | Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mi | 1S | 1st person singular |
| ma | 1P | 1st person plural |
| su | 2 | 2nd person |
| ce | SS | 3rd person, same subject |
| tu | Rfx | reflexive |
| ka | Cor | coreferential |
Some regular derivational suffixes are:
| Word | Tag | Description | Applies To |
|---|---|---|---|
| -zo | -Ord | ordinal number | cardinal number |
| -zo | -Cpr | comparative-superlative | adjective |
| -fl | -Equ | equative | adjective |
| -'r | -Inc | inchoative | adjective or static verb |
| -no | -Trm | terminative | adjective or static verb |
| -kl | -Via | viative | adjective or static verb |
Here are some possible nominalizing suffixes:
| Word | Tag | Subject Role |
|---|---|---|
| -mo | -NAbs | absolutive |
| -ti | -NErg | ergative |
| # | -NDat | dative |
| -sl | -NIns | instrumental |
| -ho | -NLoc | locative |
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current date: 2013.Dec.03 Tue
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