Noun cases
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From Frommer's Language Log guest post we know that there are six noun cases, and that most of them have several forms. This is the list of known forms the cases can take, based on the existing text Corpus.
| Case | Known Endings | Examples | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subjective | (no suffix) | subject of intransitive verb | |
| Agentive | -l | oel | subject of transitive verb; called ergative in many languages |
| Patientive | -t, -it, -ti | katot, txe'lanit, ngati | direct object of transitive verb; called accusative in many languages |
| Genitive | -ä, -yä | txonä, oeyä | may cause modifications of the noun stem |
| Dative | -ru | ngaru | indirect object |
| Topic | -ri, -ìri | oeri, fìskxawngìri |
