Editing Crow language (section)

===Nominal morphology===
Basic stems consist of one to four syllables (with four being rare) and always end in a vowel. Monosyllabic stems have long vowels or diphthongs, e.g., ''bií'', 'stone, rock'; ''bía'', 'woman'. The vast majority of nouns in Crow are derived stems. Derivational processes in nominal morphology include affixation and compounding.

====Suffixes====
An exhaustive list of nominal suffixes:
*{{transliteration|cro|aachí/lichí}} - 'approximative': {{transliteration|cro|aachí}} follows a stem-final short vowel, {{transliteration|cro|lichí}} follows a stem-final long vowel. Marks resemblance or similarity: 'kind of, sort of, like, (temporal) around the time of.'
*{{transliteration|cro|kaáshi}} - 'real, true; very'
*{{transliteration|cro|káata}} - 'diminutive': Can add the diminutive meaning 'small, little' or the endearing, affectionate meaning 'dear' according to the semantics of the noun.
*{{transliteration|cro|kíishi}} - 'sportive, imitative': Marks resemblance or imitation.
*{{transliteration|cro|táa(hi)li}} - 'real, genuine': Marks an object's reality, its genuineness. Often reduced to ''táali''.
*{{transliteration|cro|ahi}} - 'here and there': Most commonly occurs with verbs, though occasionally is attached to nouns.
*{{transliteration|cro|ht(aa)}} - 'even': Marks concessive subordinate clauses as 'although, even though, even if.'  Also occurs as a noun suffix glossed as 'even.'  ''Htaa'' is a rare suffix that combines with the bare nominal stem of the noun.

====Prefixes====
Prefixes will render a relative clause into a derived noun.
*{{transliteration|cro|ak}} - 'agent nominalizer': creates agentive nouns (ex. 'singer', 'dancer') from active verbs or verbs plus incorporated objects.
*{{transliteration|cro|ala}} - 'locative, temporal, or manner nominalizer': 'where, when, how' derived from verbs or verbs plus incorporated nouns. In some cases, ''ala'' may follow the noun creating a lexicalized relative clause.
*{{transliteration|cro|baa}} - 'indefinite nominalizer': Derived from stative verbs, [[inalienably possessed noun]]s plus stative verbs, active transitive verbs, and from active intransitive verbs.
*{{transliteration|cro|ii}} - 'instrumental nominalizer': Derived from active transitive and intransitive verbs, and from transitive verbs plus incorporated nouns.
*{{transliteration|cro|bale}} - 'depossessivizer': Allows an inalienably possessed noun to occur without a possessor.

====Compounding====
There are two basic types of compounding in Crow: noun-noun compounds and noun-verb compounds.

Noun-noun compounds often involve a whole-part relationship: the first noun refers to the whole and the second to the part. Members of the compound may also be themselves compounds or derived nouns.

{{interlinear|lang=cro|indent=3
|íi + bilí {{=}} íi-wili
|mouth + water {{=}} saliva|}}

{{interlinear|lang=cro|indent=3
|áali + ísshi {{=}} áal-isshi
|arm + container {{=}} sleeve|}}

Noun-verb compounds consist of a noun plus a stative verb. There are a number of select exceptions.

====Possession====
Nouns are classified as either inalienably or alienably possessed, according to which possessive markers they occur with.

Inalienably possessed nouns are those that are inherently possessed or nondetachable associations, specifically body parts and family members, opposed to alienably possessed nouns whose entity is not inherently possessed. This rule is not absolute as some body parts and kin nouns can be considered alienable and some nouns with close associations to its possessor (i.e., {{transliteration|cro|aasúu}} 'his house', {{transliteration|cro|isaashkakaáshi}} 'her dog') can be considered inalienable.

The affixed possession paradigm for inalienable and alienable possessives can be derived. The alienable possessives only use the first consonant of the alienable prefixes and do not mark the possessor when the prefix begins with a vowel. The final suffix transforms into a diphthong from /-o/.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 |
! colspan=2 | Alienable
! colspan=2 | Inalienable
|-
! <small>Singular</small> || <small>Plural</small>
! <small>Singular</small> || <small>Plural</small>
|-
! 1st Person
| '''''bas-'''''{root}
| '''''bas-'''''{root}'''''-o'''''
| '''''b-'''''{root}
| '''''b-'''''{root}'''''-úua'''''
|-
! 2nd Person
| '''''dís-'''''{root}
| '''''dís-'''''{root}'''''-o'''''
| '''''d-'''''{root}
| '''''d-'''''{root}'''''-uua'''''
|-
! 3rd Person
| '''''is-'''''{root}
| '''''is-'''''{root}'''''-o'''''
| '''''0-'''''{root}
| '''''0-'''''{root}'''''-úua'''''
|}

====Personal names====
Personal names constitute a distinct morphological class of nouns in Crow. They are marked with the definite determiner suffix /sh/, which attaches to the stem rather than to the citation form.

====Pronouns====
Crow has three pronominal forms: bound; emphatic and contrastive; and interrogative-indefinite pronouns. With the first two types, there is a correlation between morphology and syntax. Argument pronouns are generally bound whereas emphatic and contrastive pronouns are generally independent. Bound pronominals function as direct and [[oblique argument]]s.

*'''A-set pronominals''' mark only subjects of active verbs, both transitive and intransitive.
*'''B-set pronominals''' mark subjects of stative verbs, direct objects, and objects of postpositions.

Bound Pronominal Stems:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 |
! colspan=2 | A-Set
! colspan=2 | B-Set
|-
! <small>Singular</small> || <small>Plural</small>
! <small>Singular</small> || <small>Plural</small>
|-
! 1st Person
| '''''baa'''''
| '''''baa'''''+PL
| '''''bii'''''
| '''''balee'''''
|-
! 2nd Person
| '''''dá(a)'''''
| '''''dá(a)'''''+PL
| '''''dii'''''
| '''''dii'''''+PL
|-
! 3rd Person
| '''''0'''''
| '''''0'''''+PL
| '''''0'''''
| '''''0'''''+PL
|}