User:Masako/nkala

sounds

• q (ʔ); sh (ʃ); y (j); á (ə)

nouns

case

Grammatical Cases

Number	Name	Suffix	Example	English Gloss
1	Nominative	-	adab	house
2	Oblique	-o / -wa	dabwa	the house, in the house, to the house, etc.
3	Genitive	-ai / -ya	dabya	of the house
4	Locative	-ush / da	dabda	in/at/on the house
5	Instrumental	-ak / -ha	dabha	with/using the house

pronouns

	nominative	oblique	genitive	dative
1sg	-an	eyan	nai	x
2sg	-ti (-e)	eti (aye)	tiya	x
3sg	-u / -a	eya	ai	x
1pl	-uk	eyuk	kai	x
2pl	-ut	eyut	tai	x
3pl	-um	eyum	mai	x

number

• nul - zero
• wa - one
• ni - two
• ush - three
• ha - four
• kish - five
• sha - six
• seb - seven
• oka - eight
• nen - nine
• da - ten
• sada - hundred
• hesha - thousand

verbs

• yem-ek - to eat

• yem-an - I eat

tense

• - non-past tense
• -esh - past tense

lexicon

b

• bah - related to being smooth; soft; tender
  • bahek - to be smooth

d

• da - ten (number-forming element)

• dab - related to living, residing, inhabiting
  • adab - dwelling; home; house
  • dabra - to dwell; reside

y

• yem - related to food and eating
  • eyem - food; sustenance
  • yemek - to eat