# Tyap/Nouns
## Noun/Lilyoot
### Difinition and Types

A noun is a word that identifies a person, place, animal, things, abstract idea etc.
Types
The types of noun include:
* A. Proper noun:
Begins with a capital letter. It identifies:
* Person:Dawali, Chechet, Dangana, Jatau, Agwam etc.
* Place: Zongon Kataf, Zonkwa etc.
* Institutions: ACDA, TLC etc.
* Months and Days: Zwat Tsat, A̱tuk Ladi (ka) etc.
* B. Common noun:
They don't start with capital letter.It refers to general names of person, place etc.
* Person:nggoneam, nggoseam, atyoli, ayang
* Animal: akwi, abwu, zwon etc.
* Things:ali, byin, kwatak, kurum, alaujyi, bung etc
* C. Abstract noun:
They do not have physical attribute e.g. mai, di, chat(love), dyep(praise), fwei, twei(cry) etc.
* D. Concrete noun:
They can be seen and touched e.g achiyang(basket), tong(honey), bokiti(bucket), tawud(towel),tebru/table, alaunjyi(sickle), akwatak(shoe).
* E. Uncounotable(mass)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.
* F. Countable noun:
They can be counted and exist as singular and plural.
Examples:
| S/N | SINGULAR | PLURAL |
| 1 | Anyung | Anyunyung |
| 2 | Ali | Akasa |
| 3 | Atyem | Tityem |
| 4 | Ngoneam | Akaneam |
| 5 | Alade | Ayalade |
| 6 | Bwak | Mbwak |
| 7 | Abaai | Akabaai |
| 8 | Nggwon | Mman |
| 9 | Tak | Atitak |
| 10 | Acheang | Akacheang |
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:
* (A) By adding the prefix "a̱-"
Examples:
| S/N | WORD | NOUN FORMED |
| 1 | bwom | a̱bwom |
| 2 | lyiat | a̱lyiat |
| 3 | khwo | a̱khwo |
| 4 | bwok | a̱bwok |
| 5 | kpang | a̱kpang |
| 6 | tyia‌ | a̱tyia |
The nouns formed above may refer to both living and non-living targets and situations.
* (B) By adding the prefix "ka-"
Examples:
| S/N | WORD | NOUN FORMED |
| 1 | jang | kajang |
| 2 | shei | kashei |
| 3 | kwok | kakwok |
| 4 | lyiat | kalyiat |
| 5 | kyiak | kakyiak |
| 6 | sang | kasang |
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:
| S/N | WORD | NOUN FORMED |
| 1 | a̱sham | sham |
| 2 | a̱tsatsak | tsatsak |
| 3 | a̱gi̱gi̱k | gi̱gi̱k |
| 4 | a̱tswotswat | tswotswat |
| 5 | a̱pa̱mpang | pa̱mpang |
| 6 | a̱sa̱t | sa̱t |
* (D) Nouns can also be formed by placing the noun antecedent "a̱tyu" as a prefix before a verb.
The nouns formed using "a̱tyu" can only be used to refer to humans.
Examples:
| S/N | WORD | NOUN FORMED |
| 1 | tyiet | a̱tyutyiet |
| 2 | gba | a̱tyugba |
| 2 | lyuut | a̱tyulyuut |
| 3 | cham | a̱tyucham |
| 4 | luk | a̱tyuluk |
| 5 | khap | a̱tyukhap |
| 6 | myiam | a̱tyumyiam |
* (E) Nouns or noun phrases may also be formed using noun antecedents such as "kyang" and "swat" before other nouns.
Examples:
| S/N | WORD | NOUN FORMED |
| 1 | chet | kyangchet |
| 2 | chung | kyangchung |
| 3 | a‌nyin | swat a‌nyin |
| 4 | a‌tyia‌ | swat a‌tyia‌ |
| 5 | fang | kyangfang |
| 6 | a‌yang | swat a‌yang |
* (F) Lastly, nouns can be realized by placing verbs such as "yet"and "ya" to act as antecedents before an adjective or adverb.
Examples:
| S/N | WORD | NOUN FORMED |
| 1 | a̱tswotswat | yet a̱tswotswat |
| 2 | a̱tan | yet a̱tan |
| 3 | fwuang | ya fwuang |
| 4 | a̱swon | ya a̱swon |
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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