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===Dual=== | ===Dual=== | ||
Dcuea also has a dual plural, which is simply the normal plural + -kc. | |||
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==Lexicon== | |||
dezcaa | |||
azea | |||
augc | |||
affei | |||
iaum | |||
gcaee | |||
zcaiu | |||
ekcui | |||
tcai | |||
iikcaa | |||
utiai |
Latest revision as of 12:28, 19 January 2006
Vowels | |||||||||
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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 |
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Singular | Plural | Dual | Singular | Plural | Dual | |
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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 |
2nd declension: Ending in consonants |
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Singular | Plural | Dual | Singular | Plural | Dual | |
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Absolutive | dcek | dcekkeu | dcekkeukc | auuz | auuzzeu | auuzzekc |
Ergative | dcekkei | dcekkeiu | dcekkeiukc | auuzzei | auuzzeiu | auuzzeiukc |
Locative | dcekfaa | dcekfaak | dcegvaakc | auuzvaa | auuzvaak | auuzvaakc |
Lative | dcektee | dcekteeu | dcekteeukc | auuzdee | auuzdeeu | auuzdeeukc |
Ablative | dcekkem | dcekkemk | dcekkemkc | 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)
Dual
Dcuea also has a dual plural, which is simply the normal plural + -kc.
Lexicon
dezcaa azea augc affei iaum gcaee zcaiu ekcui tcai iikcaa utiai