Class VI

Nouns of Class VI belong to the inanimate gender. These derive from the old i-stem inanimate declension, whose prefix was the vowel. Unlike the similarly formed Class II, in Class VI to prefix developed a dental onset in [t]. The reason for this is not particularly clear, though it may derive from a lost contraction.

Paradigm

tionawa , mountain:

Case Sing. Dl. Pl.
nom. tionawa tideonawa dionawa
acc. tuonawa tudeonawa duonawa
gen. teonawa tedeonawa deonawa
dat. tōonawa tōdeonawa dōonawa