Paradigm Tables
Morphological patterns, declensions, and conjugations for Taminian
Verb Aspects
| Prefix | |
|---|---|
| Progressive | miCCVCu |
| Perfective | suCVCC |
| Imperfective | ma- |
| Habitual | liCVCuC |
| Descriptive | xu- |
| Inceptive | hin- |
| Terminative | haco- |
| Iterative | riCCVC |
Verb Tenses
| Prefix | |
|---|---|
| Past | ca- |
| Present | ∅ |
| Future | tu- |
Pronouns
| Nominative | Accusative | Genitive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Singular | naki | nake | nakal |
| 1st Dual | qatawa | qatawe | qatawal |
| 1st Plural | qata | qate | qatal |
| 2nd Singular | qaki | qake | qakal |
| 2nd Dual | qakiwa | qakiwe | qakiwal |
| 2nd Plural Masculine | qakic | qakice | qakical |
| 2nd Plural Feminine | qahar | qahare | qaharal |
| 3rd Masculine | jaki | jake | jakal |
| 3rd Feminine | jiqa | jiqe | jiqal |
| 3rd Object | hita | hite | hital |
| 3rd Abstract | hisa | hise | hisal |
| 3rd Dual | taxuwa | taxuwe | taxuwal |
| 3rd Plural Masculine | taxu | taxe | taxal |
| 3rd Plural Feminine | taxi | taxije | taxijal |
Verb Conjugation
| Perfective | Imperfective | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Person Singular | -uj | na- |
| 2nd Person Singular | -ic | qa- |
| 3rd Person Singular | -a | ja- |
| 1st Person Plural | -ta | ci- |
| 2nd Person Plural | -taw | qu- |
| 3rd Person Plural | -ax | ta- |
Noun Gender System
| Suffix | |
|---|---|
| Masculine | ∅ |
| Feminine | -i |
Derivational Noun Patterns
| Pattern | |
|---|---|
| Abstract | CVCāC |
| Agent | CāCVC |
| Place | gaCCaC |
Number System
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ∅ | ∅ |
| Dual | -wa | -wa |
| Plural | -cur | -car |
Nominal Structure
| Suffix | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | -ū |
| Accusative | -e |
| Genitive | -al |
Vowel Phonology
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i, iː | u, uː |
| Middle | e | o |
| Open | — | a, aː |
Consonant Phonology
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p, b | — | t, d | — | k, g | q | ʔ |
| Fricative | — | (ð) | s, z | ʃ | — | χ, (ʁ) | ʕ |
| Nasal | m | — | n | — | — | — | — |
| Liquid | w | — | l, r | j | — | — | — |