Dcuea

Vowels
a	e	i	u	aa	ee	ii	uu
/ah/	/schwa/	/ih/	/uh/	/aa/	/eh/	/ee/	/oo/

Declension

1st declension: Ending in vowels or double vowels	aattû, "woman"			dceaa, "foot"
	Singular	Plural	Dual	Singular	Plural	Dual
Absolutive	aattu	aattue	aattuekc	dceaa	dceaak	dceaakc
Ergative	aattui	aattuiu	aattuiukc	dceaai	dceaaiu	dceaaiukc
Locative	aattuvaa	aattuvaak	aattuvaakc	dceaavaa	dceaavaak	dceaavaakc
Lative	aattuttee	aattutteeu	aattutteeukc	dceaattee	dceaatteeu	dceaatteeukc
Ablative	aattum	aattumk	aattumkc	dceaam	dceaamk	dceaamkc
Prolative	aattuz	aattuzzeu	aattuzzeukc	dceaaz	dceaazeu	dceaazeukc
Genitive	aattunnai	aattunnaik	aattunnaikc	dceaannai	dceaannaik	dceaannaikc
Benefactive	aattus	aattusseu	aattusseukc	dceaas	dceaasseu	dceaasseukc
Comitative	aattugc	aattuggceu	aattuggceukc	dceaagc	dceaaggceu	dceaaggeukc
Instrumental	aattutc	aattuttceu	aattuttcekc	dceaatc	dceaattceu	dceaattceukc

Dcuea is an Ergative-absolutive language.

Alphabet

a aa b d dc e ee f g gc i ii k kc m n p s sc t tc u uu v z zc

• The man sees the woman.
• Aattu kii dcekkei

Some transitive and intransitive verbs have different forms: nevuu to boil (something, transitive) naffeu to (be) boiled (intransitive)

Kaffiu nev dcekkei. The man boils the coffee.

Kaffiu naffe. The coffee boils. (becomes boiled)

kiu to see something (tr) kigguu to (be) seen (intr)

Ueiz kii zcuei. The dog sees the tree.

Zcui kigg. The dog is seen.

BUT

Zcui kii. The dog sees (engages in the act).

Using a noun in the absolutive by itself with an inherently transitive noun also may create a reflexive sentence:

aeizuu to shave

Zcui aeiz dcekkei. The man shaves the dog.

Dcek aeiz. The man shaves (himself).

Plurals

• after -uu = -uue
• after -u, = -ue kceiu tea, kceiue teas, aattu woman, aattue women
• after -aa, -ee, -ii = -aak, -eek, -iik dceaa foot, dceaak feet
• after -a, -e, -i = -au, -eu, -iu
• after -m, -n = -mk, -nk iaim lip iaimk lips
• after all other consonants(usually doubled cononant) = -eu (-ggeu, -zzeu, etc)