Khulls nouns: Difference between revisions

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Revision as of 17:17, 30 November 2016

Khulls nouns inflect using a fusional declension system. Though not as complicated at that of Poswa, the declensions differ more from each other because Khulls uses a "discrete" declension system instead of deriving inflections based on every phoneme in the word, as does Poswa.

Noun declension tables

Primary vowel-stem declensions

Nominative (English) Accusative Locative Possessive Dative Circumstantial Essive Instrumental
òṭa table, desk oṭà oṭâ oṭas oṭal oṭan oṭī oṭō
ḳĭri happiness, victory ḳirì ḳirî ḳiris ḳiril ḳirin ḳirĕ ḳiġʷ
nìto price, penalty nitò nitô nitos nitol niton nikʷ nitū
egà daytime sky egaḳà egaḳâ egaḳas egaḳal egaḳan egaḳī egaḳō
gʷì beach gʷiḳì gʷiḳî gʷiḳis gʷiḳil gʷiḳin gʷiḳĕ gʷiḳʷ
makò seal (animal) makoḳò makoḳô makoḳos makoḳol makoḳon makoḳʷ makoḳū
school pâs pâl pân
bottle bes bel ben
kʷō bed kʷaʕʷù kʷaʕʷû kʷaʕʷus kʷaʕʷul kʷaʕʷun kʷaʕʷ kʷaʕʷū

Secondary vowel-stem declensions

Nominative (English) Accusative Locative Possessive Dative Circumstantial Essive Instrumental
xʷèye curved claw
kʷăkʷ stone tablet
empĕ sword empyì empyî empyis empyil empyin empyĕ empyŭ
ḳē wheel ḳê ḳê ḳês ḳêl ḳên ḳê ḳêʕʷ
milk


NOTE, possibly eliminate the first two rows of the secondaries, since final -e and final -u can only come from stressed positions even if in a compound where they are unstressed, except for when the /e/ follows /u/, in which case it comes from /u/ or /a/.

Tertiary vowel-stem declensions

Nominative (English) Accusative Locative Possessive Dative Circumstantial Essive Instrumental
diaper lekà lekâ lekas lekal lekan lekī[1] lekō

Consonant-stem declensions

Nominative (English) Accusative Locative Possessive Dative Circumstantial Essive Instrumental
  1. if analogy takes over