Substantives of the First Declension form their genitive in _que_, and
usually are such as terminate in a vowel.
_Nominative_, Siibì, hawk,
_Genitive_, Sìiibíque, of hawk,
_Dative_, Siibt, to hawk,
_Accusative_, Siibìe, hawk,
_Vocative_, Siibì, hawk,
_Ablative_, Sibítze, in \
Sibíde, by > hawk.
Sibíquema, with /
The plural of substantives (requiring a special notice) will be
treated of hereafter. Substantives of the Second Declension form their
genitive in _te_ and _t_.
_N._ Mavirot, Lion.
_G._ Mavirote,
_D. and A._ Mavírota,
_V._ Mavírot,
_A._ Mavírotze, in,
Mavírode, by,
Mavírotema, with lion.
The verb-noun hiósguadauh, painting, is thus declined.
_N._ Hiósgnadauh,
_G._ Hiósguadauhte,
_D. and A._ Hiósguadauhta,
_Ab._ Hiósguadautze, in,
Hiósguadauhde, by,
Hiósguadauhtema, with painting.
And so likewise decline the preterite passive hiósguacauh, and the
future passive hiósguatzidauh.
But verbs in the present time, when they serve as substantives, are
thus declined
_N._ Nemútzan, wizard.
_G._ Nemútzante,
_D. and A._ Nemútzanta,
_V._ Nemútzan,
_A._ Nemútzantze, in,
Nemútzade, by,
Nemútzantema, with wizard.
Some ending in _t_ while they form the genitive in _te_, part with a
vowel, as follows:
_N._ Arit, Ant.
_G._ Arte,
_D. and A._ Arta,
_V._ Arit;
_A._ Artze, in,
Arde, by,
Artema, with ant.
Nónoguat, father, belongs to this declension, and forms the genitive
nónauhte; but when preceded by a possessive pronoun, it loses the
final guat, as has been stated, and the termination is left in _o_, to
form the genitive in the first declension, as, no, my, no nónoque, of
my father, which rule applies equally to other names of kindred.
Sometimes an ablative is formed in _u_, as teópatu, in the church,
from teópa, hecátu, in the shade, from hecát.
Substantives of the Third Declension end in _s_, _r_, _z_, and form
the genitive by the addition of _e_, and the accusative by _i_.
_N._ Utzvor, Pitahaya.
_G._ Utzv[=o]re,
_D. and A._ Utzvori,
_V._ Utzvor,
_A._ Utzvortze, in,
Utzvorde, by,
Utzvorema, with pitahaya.
In this way decline tatas, crabapple,--gen. tatáse, dat. and acc.
tatási, &c., also, porótz, wildcat, gen. porótze, dat. and acc.
porótzi, &c.
To Adjective Nouns there has been an inclination to assign a separate
place, but they terminate _in a vowel_, and there appears to be
no reason why they should not go with substantives of the first
declension.
_N._ Sóvei, obscure.
_G._ Sóveique,
_D. and A._ Sóvec,
_V._ Sóvei,
_A._ Sóvetze in,
Sóveide, by,
Sóveiquema, with obscure.