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* I worked on Bicons a lot over the weekend, but there are things that need to be fixed. One thing that's unsatisfactory, but probably can't be fixed is the noun formats. Almost half the nouns will have the format CVCCe and almost another half will be CuCVC. A small number of nouns will be either CuCCV or CVCiC.

There isn't much noun inflection; just a "dual" prefix and possessor suffixes. The "dual" prefix <o-> is used on words for things that naturally come in pairs. CuCVC words become oCCVC. This "dual" form takes singular agreement when a single pair is referred to. The possessor suffixes resemble the personal suffixes used on non-finite verbs. They are:

-s, -tsu - 1st person singular
-tsa - 1st person exclusive plural
-ma - 1st person inclusive plural
-kh, -ku - 2nd person singular
-ka - 2nd person plural
-l, -lu - 3rd person singular (definite)
-la - 3rd person plural (definite)
0 - 3rd person indefinite
-r, -ru - reflexive
-do relative

The reflexive possessor refers to the 1st argument of the verb. Or to the argument with the 1st role -- I need to figure that out. The relative possessor is identical to the relative pronoun.

Example:

Djanigh tcokhle lopuzluw anil ozlafru.
"Johnny grabbed the chocolate with both hands."

where ozlafru is o-zlaf-ru, the "dual" of dzulaf "hand" with the reflexive possessor.

Edited to Add:

I'm not sure of whether derivation of nouns from roots is limited to CVRRe and RuRVC etc. or whether other derivations such as RVRCe and CuRVR are used. In the example, tcokhle is from /kl/ "dark" and dzulaf is from /zl/ "hold" (the same root is in lopuzluw).