Edit: Edited on March 24, 2019
Much like I did two years ago, I will now discuss nominal morphology in Vuase. However, since I have a little bit more to say than I did last time, I will split nouns and verbs into different sections (verbs will probably get a few subsections as well).
Due to my kind of janky set up at the moment, I wont be able to show an entire declension chart. That may be a blessing in disguise, as it means I'm forced to individually describe every case etc. So let's get into it:
Nouns in Vuase have four cases: nominative/absolutive, accusative, locative, and genitive/ergative. Here is what they all do.
NOM/ABS:
−∅ The nominative/absolutive case is the unmarked case. It marks the subject of an intransitive clause, and the subject of a transitive clause if the clause is nominative or the object of a transitive clause if the clause is ergative. It is also the dictionary form of nouns. I will discuss ergativity in Vuase in a later post.
ACC:
−i/ai/avi1 The accusative case marks the object of a clause, both direct and indirect (or only indirect objects in ergative clauses), and can thus be used as a dative. It also functions as a vocative.
1. The accusative ending is
−i in every circumstance except after
i y. After
i, it becomes
-ai and after
y it becomes
-avi.
LOC:
−(e)r The locative case is used to indicate, well, location, or position relative to another object. Since Vuase only has one locative case, it still does use postpositions to indicate specific direction. If the locative noun is unmarked, it usually has the sense of "in, on, at."
GEN/ERG:
−(á)s The genitive case has a few purposes. Primarily, it indicates possession. It is also used as an instrumental, and a benefactive. The genitive case is also used as an ergative, marking the subject of transitive ergative clauses.
Nouns can either be count or mass nouns, like pretty much every other language. In Vuase, mass nouns are treated as if they were plurals, but conjugate as if they were singular. Count nouns have separate endings for the plural forms.
NOM:
−(a)n
ACC:
−in/ain/avin
LOC:
−(e)rer
GEN:
−(a)zas
That's about all I have for nouns right now. As I implied earlier, I have more to say about Vuase verbs than nouns. I just don't know what other stuff nouns do. If anyone has any suggestions of topics to cover about nouns and the fun things you can do with them, I'd be more than happy to hear it.