Dcuea

Declension

1st declension Ending in â, ê, î, û.	aattû "woman"			dceâ, "foot"
	Singular	Plural	Dual	Singular	Plural	Dual
Absolutive	aattû	âttuue	âttuuekc	dceâ	dceaak	dceaakc
Ergative	âttuui	âttuuiu	âttuuiukc	dceaai	dceaaiu	dceaaiukc
Locative	âttuuivaa	âttuuivaak	âttuuivaakc
Lative	âttuuttee	âttuutteeu	âttuutteeukc
Ablative	âttuum	âttuumk	âttuumkc
Prolative	âttuuz	âttuuzzek	âttuuzzekc
Genitive	âttuunnai	âttuunnaik	âttuunnaikc
Benefactive	âttuues	âttuuesseu	âttuuesseukc
Comitative	âttuugc	âttuugceu	âttuugceukc
Instrumental	âttuua	âttuuau	âttuuaukc

Dcueâ is an Ergative-absolutive language.

Alphabet

a â b (c) d e ê f g i î k m n p s t u û v z

• The man sees the woman.
• Aattû wii dcekkei

• Â Ê Î Û
• â ê î û

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:

âeizuu to shave

Zcui âeiz dcekkei. The man shaves the dog.

Dcek âeiz. The man shaves (himself).

Plurals

• after -û, -uu = -uue aattû woman, âttuue women
• after -u, = -ue kceiu tea, kceiue teas
• after -â, -aa, -ê, -ee, -î, -ii = -aak, -eek, -iik dceâ 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)

 â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û