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A '''noun form''' is any string of words that can appear as an argument to a [[verb form]]. In Toaq, this can be:
A '''noun form''' (known in Toaq as an '''{{t|aqmı}}''') is any string of words that can appear as an argument to a [[verb form]]. In Toaq, this can be:


* a [[determiner phrase]] {{gray|like {{t|cáo}} <i>the season</i> or {{t|ké pıo}} <i>that one rock</i> or {{t|tú}} <i>everything</i> or {{t|gú ë gıtoı súq jí}} <i>the two times you treated me well</i>}};
* a [[determiner phrase]] {{gray|like {{t|cáo}} <i>the season</i> or {{t|ké pıo}} <i>that one rock</i> or {{t|tú}} <i>everything</i> or {{t|gú ë gıtoı súq jí}} <i>the two times you treated me well</i>}};
* a [[pronoun]] {{gray|like {{t|máq}} <i>it (inanimate)</i> or {{t|hụ́la}} <i>the aforementioned {{t|lä}}-clause</i>}};
* a [[pronoun]] {{gray|like {{t|máq}} <i>it (inanimate)</i> or {{t|hụ́la}} <i>the aforementioned {{t|lä}}-clause</i>}};
* a [[complementizer phrase]] (aka a subclause) {{gray|like {{t|ꝡä nıtı súq}} <i>that you are here</i> or {{t|mä loq río}} <i>if it [the air]’s hot</i> or {{t|lä sı báq bụzao puı já}} <i>to be stared at by many strangers</i>}};
* a [[complementizer phrase]] starting with {{Done|3}} (aka a subclause) {{gray|like {{t|ꝡä nıtı súq}} <i>that you are here</i> or {{t|mä loq río}} <i>if it [the air]’s hot</i> or {{t|lä sı báq bụzao puı já}} <i>to be stared at by many strangers</i>}};
* any [[conjunction]] of any of the above {{gray|like {{t|jí róı súq}} <i>me and you</i>}};
* any [[conjunction]] of any of the above {{gray|like {{t|jí róı súq}} <i>me and you</i>}};
* any [[focus]] phrase wrapping any of the above {{gray|like {{t|tó dóte}} <i>only the gift</i>}}.
* any [[focus]] phrase wrapping any of the above {{gray|like {{t|tó dóte}} <i>only the gift</i>}}.


We use the phrase <i>noun form</i> in place of <i>noun, noun phrase, argument</i> for reasons of clarity – see technical discussion at [[Verblike, nounlike]].
We use the phrase <i>noun form</i> in place of <i>noun, noun phrase, argument</i> for reasons of clarity – see technical discussion at [[Verb form, noun form]].