Tyap/Nouns

Difinition and Types
A noun is a word that identifies a person, place, animal, things, abstract idea etc.

Types

The types of noun include:

Begins with a capital letter. It identifies:
 * A. Proper noun:
 * 1) Person:Dawali, Chechet, Dangana, Jatau, Agwam etc.
 * 2) Place: Zongon Kataf, Zonkwa etc.
 * 3) Institutions: ACDA, TLC etc.
 * 4) Months and Days: Zwat Tsat, A̱tuk Ladi (ka) etc.

They don't start with capital letter.It refers to general names of person, place etc.
 * B. Common noun:


 * 1) Person:nggoneam, nggoseam, atyoli, ayang
 * 2) Animal: akwi, abwu, zwon etc.
 * 3) Things:ali, byin, kwatak, kurum, alaujyi, bung etc

They do not have physical attribute e.g. mai, di, chat(love), dyep(praise), fwei, twei(cry) etc.
 * C. Abstract noun:

They can be seen and touched e.g achiyang(basket), tong(honey), bokiti(bucket), tawud(towel),tebru/table, alaunjyi(sickle), akwatak(shoe).
 * D. Concrete noun:

They can't be Pluralised.They are usually singular e.g. kurum(money), za(rain), Atyoka (man), gamun(mosquito), Z(w)on (goat) etc.
 * E. Uncounotable(mass)noun:

They can be counted and exist as singular and plural.
 * F. Countable noun:

Examples:

We can also classify Tyap noun plurals into regular and irregular.

Noun Formation(Bwoi A̱lyoot):
In this chapter, we shall view the various ways of forming nouns from verbs and adjectives.

Nouns can be formed from verbs:

Examples:
 * (A) By adding the prefix "a̱-"

The nouns formed above may refer to both living and non-living targets and situations.

Examples:
 * (B) By adding the prefix "ka-"

These nouns formed are mostly used in reference to living beings, in contrast to situations or non-living objects. Nevertheless, where the situation warrants, they are used!)
 * (C) Nouns can be formed from adjectives by removing the first "a̱":

Examples:

The nouns formed using "a̱tyu" can only be used to refer to humans.
 * (D) Nouns can also be formed by placing the noun antecedent "a̱tyu" as a prefix before a verb.

Examples:
 * (E) Nouns or noun phrases may also be formed using noun antecedents such as "kyang" and "swat" before other nouns.

Examples:


 * (F) Lastly, nouns can be realized by placing verbs such as "yet"and "ya" to act as antecedents before an adjective or adverb.

Examples: NOTE: There are words which on their own serve as both verbs and nouns with removing or adding anything to from or to them. Example: Fang, lyuut, nwuan, etc.

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