Khulls nouns

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

This table shows nouns that are accented on their final syllable, with a short high-tone vowel at the end of the word.

Nominative	(English)	Accusative	Locative	Possessive	Dative	Circumstantial	Essive	Instrumental
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
ʕʷè	tendril	ʕʷeḳà	ʕʷeḳâ	ʕʷeḳas	ʕʷeḳal	ʕʷeḳan	ʕʷeḳī	ʕʷeḳō

Nouns ending in -ù follow the pattern for -ò.

Nominative	(English)	Accusative	Locative	Possessive	Dative	Circumstantial	Essive	Instrumental
pā	school	pâ	pâ	pâs	pâl	pân	pê	pô
mī	bottle	bè	bê	bes	bel	ben	bē	bē
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
mī
ḳē	wheel	ḳê	ḳê	ḳês	ḳêl	ḳên	ḳê	ḳêʕʷ
lū	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
atá	spirit	atakà	atakâ	atakas	atakal	atakan	atakī	atakō
šonorí	depravity, perversion	šonorikà	šonorikâ	šonorikas	šonorikal	šonorikan	šonorikī	šonorikō
ló	flower petal	lokà	lokâ	lokas	lokal	lokan	lokī	lokō
lé	diaper	lekà	lekâ	lekas	lekal	lekan	lekī	lekō

Nominative	(English)	Accusative	Locative	Possessive	Dative	Circumstantial	Essive	Instrumental
amâ	whip	amâ	amâ	amâs	amâl	amân	amê	amô
gʷî	spy, thief	gʷî	gʷî	gʷîs	gʷîl	gʷîn	gʷê	gʷŭ
dô	swamp	dô	dô	dôs	dôl	dôn	daʕʷ	dô
hʷê	military road	hʷê	hʷê	hʷês	hʷêl	hʷên	hʷê	hʷê
ḳʷû	urine	ḳʷuʕʷù	ḳʷuʕʷû	ḳʷuʕʷus	ḳʷuʕʷul	ḳʷuʕʷun	ḳʷuʕʷ	ḳʷuʕʷū

Final -ú might not exist because of retention of the final /kp/ cluster as /p/ rather than deletion.

Consonant-stem declensions

Nominative	(English)	Accusative	Locative	Possessive	Dative	Circumstantial	Essive	Instrumental
mī
mī
mī
mī
mī
mī