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| There are 14 of these end-tags (cases if you will).
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| @ If the noun is the subject of the sentence or follows a preposition.
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| MU "to" ... MUTEU = upto, MUCHA = towards
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| In the situation were a clause is the subject or object of a sentence, in the clause the verb is in its full/citation form (actually a verbal noun), the subject is marked with the genative and the object with MU.
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| JAI "on, touching, incontact with, adjacent" ... JAIMU = onto, JAIDA = off
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| contiguous with, about table.JAI = on the table, "I am talking about you lot", "He is a alcoholic", "He is in love"
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| FAU "as" ... (this denotes a temporary state as ) "I work as a waiter", "She replied in English", youngsterFAU = when I was a youth/in my youth/as a youngster, it is cubFAU big = considering it is a cub, it is big, as the city was captured we fled
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| "equative case",
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| Equative case is a case that expresses likeness or identity to the
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| It can have meaning, such as
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| * as
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| * like, and
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| * in the capacity of.
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| or even an "essive case",
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| Essive case is a case that expresses the temporary state of the referent
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| The case has the meaning of
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| * while, and
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| BE the partative case marker
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| "five of them', "she drank from the milk", "I watched the news", "he searched for his screwdriver(and did not find it)" ... If instead of "BE", "S" is suffixed in the above sentence, then the meaning of each one changes quite a bit.
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| GO "for"
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| DA "from" ... DACHA = away from
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| This has a number of functions. The main one is as in "he walked home from school"
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| Another one is "I am taller from my father"
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| Another one is "the bees kept the farmer from the honey in the hive"
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| LI "with" ... instrumental, adverb forming, adjective forming
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| "we went with friends", "to see with the eyes", "with care", "with great speed"
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| "I bought the doll for 25 baht"
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| LU "without" ... the same as LI but opposite
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| CA "-ish" ... denote likeness or similarity, does not denote a temporary state
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| S if the noun is the "undergoer" in the sentence
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| KOI "like, in the manner of" ... He walks like a woman.
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| this denotes, not a generl likeness as CA does, but a likeness in relation
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| PI "in" ... PIMU = into, PIDA = out of
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| "schoolPI = "in the school building"
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| TEU "at, near, by" ... TEUCHA = around ??
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| "schoolTEU" = at school, "tuesdayTEU' = on tuesday
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| N "of" ... the genitive, denotes ownership
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| -NI equivalent to "to" or "for" i.e. comeARA HITANI xxS = I am coming in order to hit her ????
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| AN = reason, ANMU = in order to, ANDA = because
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| The thirty family words.
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| MAMA ……. mother
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| YAYA …….. son
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| JAJA ………. daughter
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| FAFA ……… grand-daughter
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| BABA ……. father
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| GAGA …… older sister
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| DADA ……. older brother 7
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| CACA ……. grandmother
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| SASA …….. cousin (female)
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| KAKA ……. younger sister
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| PAPA ……… grandson
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| TATA ……... younger brother
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| WAWA …… grandfather
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| NANA …….. cousin (male) 7
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| DABA …….. uncle
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| TABA …….. uncle
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| GABA …….. aunt
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| KABA …….. aunt
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| DAMA ……. uncle
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| TAMA ……. uncle
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| GAMA …….. aunt
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| KAMA …….. aunt 8
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| YAJA ……… offspring, children
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| MABA …….. parents
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| CAWA …….. grandparents
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| DATA ………brothers
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| GAKA ……...sisters
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| DAGA ……...older brothers and sisters
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| TAKA …….. younger brothers and sisters 7
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| All the above 36 words (xAxA) words and the 2x240 personal names (xExE & xOxO) do not express plurality on the actual word. (You can use the word ALKA)
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| GWO ……… member ... GAWO members
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| UGO ………. group ... WAGO groups
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| HALGO …… family – this is a good example of a compound word
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| GYA = man
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| GAYA = men, male
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| BYA = woman
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| BAYA = women, female
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| LA = person
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| LAWA = people, human
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| ==Index==
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| {{Seuna index}}
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