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Grammatical Properties

1. Gender: Animate and inanimate.
2. Number: Singular and plural.
3. Obviation: Proximate and obviative (4th person).
4. Locatives: Expressing location or likeness with a noun.
5. Diminutives: Expressing small size or juvenility.
6. Pejoratives: Expressing contempt or low opinion.
7. Preterits: Expressed status as deceased or worn out.
8. Possessives: Expressing possession.
9. Obviative Possessors
10. Independent and Dependent: optional and obligatory possession.
11. Vocatives: Direct address.

Forming Nouns (Derivation)

1. Prenouns: Modifying nouns.
2. Compounds: Putting two nouns together.
3. Nominalizing Suffix -win
4. Nominalizing Suffix /-n/
5. Nominalizing Suffix /-gan/
6. Classifier Nominal Suffixes