Vowels
a, i, o, u.
Nouns
Cases and Gender
Gender ---- Number ---- Nominative ---- Accusative ---- Dative ---- Ablative ---- Instrumentalis ---- Genitive ---- Locative
Animate --- Singular -------- - ------------- -ta --------- -li --------- -ha --------- -wi ------------- -ko --------- -kai
----------- Plural --------- -ma ------------ -to --------- -nai ------- -'ai ---------- -fi ------------- -sho -------- -mai
Inanimate -- Singular ------- - ------------- -na --------- -li --------- -sa ---------- -wi ------------ -'i ---------- -kau
-------------Plural -------- -to ------------- -no -------- -lau -------- -shi --------- -llo ------------ -ho --------- -tau
The suffix can also be placed as a particle in front of the noun.
Inanimate nouns ending with a diphthong drop the glided vowel when forming genitive, i.e. Llai > Lla'i.
Lexicon
'a do
'oko hear
'u where
fulu sleep (v)
funu smell (v)
hali this
ho'i water
kalisa Guard
kalo'i man
kowa woman
lla'i of the island, from the island
lla island
lluna water
llunu water (v)
mata sing (v)
mato'a the Goddess
mili eye, see (v)
milo eye
misi snow (v)
misu snow
mita mother
ngika thought
ngiki think (v)
ngiku soul
nina sister
nonu island (sand)
pallo boy, son
pana consume
pijo tree
piko brother
pisulo fish
poki land
shapi flower
shija girl, daughter
shika girl, daughter
sho'i mountain
shota hand
sho'u rain
sho'usa rain
so'i give
su'u feel
taji see
taku father
kana love (v)
kani love
tingi drink (v)
tingu drink
tosha rocky shallow creek
wata speak (v)
wato word
