Nouns in Seuna

End-tags for nouns

1	Nominative:	@
2	Accusative:	-s
3	Genitive:	-n
4	Dative:	-mu
5	Locative:	-teu
6	Instrumental:	-li
7	Inessive:	-pi
8	Benefactive:	-go
9	Adessive:	-jai
10	Ablative:	-da
11	Equative:	-fau
12	Partative:	-be
13	:	-lu
14	:	-koi

There are 14 of these end-tags (cases if you will).

@ If the noun is the subject of the sentence or follows a preposition.

MU "to" ... MUTEU = upto, MUCHA = towards 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.

JAI "on, touching, incontact with, adjacent" ... JAIMU = onto, JAIDA = off contiguous with, about table.JAI = on the table, "I am talking about you lot", "He is a alcoholic", "He is in love"

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

"equative case",

According to SIL:

Equative case is a case that expresses likeness or identity to the referent of the noun it marks.

It can have meaning, such as

as like, and in the capacity of.

or even an "essive case",

According to SIL:

Essive case is a case that expresses the temporary state of the referent specified by a noun.

The case has the meaning of

while, and in the capacity of.

BE the partative case marker "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.

GO "for"

DA "from" ... DACHA = away from This has a number of functions. The main one is as in "he walked home from school" Another one is "I am taller from my father" Another one is "the bees kept the farmer from the honey in the hive"

LI "with" ... instrumental, adverb forming, adjective forming "we went with friends", "to see with the eyes", "with care", "with great speed" saw.LI = with a saw(saw.JAI once considered), "I bought the doll for 25 baht"

LU "without" ... the same as LI but opposite

CA "-ish" ... denote likeness or similarity, does not denote a temporary state

   		as FAU does

S if the noun is the "undergoer" in the sentence

KOI "like, in the manner of" ... He walks like a woman. this denotes, not a generl likeness as CA does, but a likeness in relation to a particular action

PI "in" ... PIMU = into, PIDA = out of "schoolPI = "in the school building" as opposed to the more usual term "schoolTEU"

TEU "at, near, by" ... TEUCHA = around ?? "schoolTEU" = at school, "tuesdayTEU' = on tuesday

N "of" ... the genitive, denotes ownership 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 (or S ??).

-NI equivalent to "to" or "for" i.e. comeARA HITANI xxS = I am coming in order to hit her ???? AN = reason, ANMU = in order to, ANDA = because

There are 14 primary family relationships as given below.

mother	mama
son	yaya
daughter	jaja
grand-daughter	fafa
father	baba
older sister	gaga
older brother	dada
grand-mother	caca
female cousin	sasa
younger sister	kaka
grandson	papa
younger brother	tata
grandfather	wawa
male cousin	nana

Derived from the above. there are 16 secondary family relationships as given below.

uncle	daba
uncle	taba
aunt	gaba
aunt	kaba
uncle	dama
uncle	tama
aunt	gama
aunt	kama
offspring/children	yaja
parents	maba
grandparents	cawa
brothers	data
sisters	gaka
elder syblings	daga
younger syblings	taka'
relations	sana

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)

GWO ……… member ... GAWO members UGO ………. group ... WAGO groups HALGO …… family – this is a good example of a compound word

GYA = man GAYA = men, male

BYA = woman BAYA = women, female

LA = person LAWA = people, human

Index

1. Introduction to Seuna
2. Seuna : Chapter 1
3. Seuna word shape
4. The script of Seuna
5. Seuna sentence structure
6. Seuna pronouns
7. Seuna nouns
8. Seuna verbs (1)
9. Seuna adjectives
10. Seuna demonstratives
11. Seuna verbs (2)
12. Asking a question in Seuna
13. Seuna relative clauses
14. Seuna verbs (3)
15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
17. Numbers in Seuna
18. Naming people in Seuna
19. The Seuna calendar
20. Seuna units