Nouns & Plurals
Noun Capitalization
All nouns begin with a capital letter in Neelan:
Utim
house
Dvij
person
Plural Formation
Add -ith to make any noun plural:
Dvij → Dvijith
person → people
Owh → Owhith
dog → dogs
Gender Marking
Animate beings can be marked for gender with suffixes:
- -oq = masculine
- -úq = feminine
Dvijoq
man
Dvijúq
woman
Invijin → Invijinoq / Invijinúq
baby → baby boy / baby girl
Compound Nouns
Neelan allows productive compounding to create new nouns:
Élép + Vij = Élépvij
bank + person = banker
Him + Vijún = Himvijún
teach + person = student
Abstract Nouns with Bidu-
Non-noun-based verbs become nouns with the prefix Bidu-:
bacp → Bidubacp
to be → being/existence
vyl → Biduvyl
to have → having/possession
myz → Bidumyz
can → ability